No. 2 Alabama’s SEC dominance shows no signs of letting up

USC managed to get through the Steve Sarkasian fiasco to reach the PAC-12 title game and interim coach Clay Helton had the interim tag removed to the delight of his team. But don’t forget the committee is empowered to inflict all the illogic it so chooses, so nothing’s a cinch.

The home team has covered the number in 4 of the past 5 games between the two. Alabama won in 1992, 1999, and 2009. If one or both lose, a thing that is sure to break out might be called “all hell”. Tim Tebow threw three touchdowns and was named the game’s MVP.

Prediction: Alabama 34, Florida 6 (defensive touchdown and a missed PAT).

No matter how you want to watch this clash of old rivals, we’ll have you covered. You’ll need a TV, a smartphone and a computer or pad, and double-check your router and Wi-Fi. It hasn’t been easy, and it’s been ugly at times, but this team has been tested, this team has survived, and this team is ready. Gators running back Kelvin Taylor, who had a career-high 134 yards last week against Florida State, had seven attempts for 8 yards.

“I think the senior class and the upperclassmen that have been here a while, played a lot of football, really did a good job of relaying the message of what it takes this season”.

Confirming reports that first surfaced in the middle of the week, Miami announced Friday that Richt has indeed been hired as the Hurricanes next head football coach.

Florida lost 27-2, and limped to the finish line, and into the SEC Championship against a far superior Alabama Crimson Tide team. At least the defense is, when it isn’t inexplicably coming apart.

The key to Alabama’s dominance has been a tough defense combined with Derrick Henry eating up clock with his incredible running. Gators receiving in turn is led by Callaway.

The oddsmakers say the Gators still have a long way to go.

From that night in September to this, Alabama played without a net in a national championship contender sense, its players knowing they had to string together 10 straight unbeaten Saturdays to stay on track for a College Football Playoff semifinal berth.

Or this one actually could take a while. He found one statistic to back up his point: a win on Saturday would be Alabama’s first this season over an opponent with double-digit wins. I think that’s the way it is with all the guys out there that have worked for you before. If Helton’s official appointment is a stabilizing influence, this game could be interesting, because USC has enough horses to trample anybody.

Florida made the score look a little more respectable on a 49-yard touchdown pass from Treon Harris to C.J. Worton with five minutes remaining. It’s been a snipe-hunt kind of season – preseason polling had Auburn beat Georgia to win it all, remember? – that culminates with the title game at the Georgia Dome. Which has an 11 percent likelihood of happening. Alabama has surrendered a nation-leading 78.9 yards per game on the ground. The 18th-ranked Gators (10-2), who clinched the East Division only with a late field goal against Vanderbilt on November 7, haven’t recalibrated since quarterback Will Grier was suspended in October after testing positive for a performance enhancer. You have to wonder, will this be the one?

“My main focus is on finishing and helping the team win”, Henry said. “We feel like this is the best team we’ve faced all year”. With a run defense that ranks seventh in the country, that just might happen. “They came out and had an awesome game”.