Unbeaten ‘Bama looks to stay perfect in SEC title game

Florida will fall but is likely to remain ranked going into the SEC championship game. Cook dominated in-state opponents during his time with the Seminoles.

Alabama and Florida have met eight times previously in the SEC Championship game, with each team winning four.

SHERIT OUT: McElwain said starting defensive end Jordan Sherit won’t play in the game. What is better than spending the day watching and following a great game? It’s just a little bit different than it used to be. However, college basketball games last 40.

A couple of wins for Florida State in those two games would probably have them sitting where the Tigers are and in a position to play in the college football playoffs.

“We made some big runs and were good on third down”, Fisher said. I’m unbeaten against the Florida Gators and Miami Hurricanes. And, if the Gators are one-dimensional, it’s going to be a long night. On the defense, Florida State football yields 232.9 yards in passing and 137.9 yards in rushing against their opponents. The ‘Noles responded on their next drive when quarterback Deondre Francois found Travis Rudolph on 3rd&10 with a 46-yard catch and run touchdown. Prior to last season, when No. 13 Florida State defeated No. 12 Florida, there had been no upsets in the rivalry over the previous 10 meetings as the higher ranked team won each of those contests. As a result, the Gators will be playing in their second straight conference title game.

Before the festivities begin and the College Football Playoff committee picks its top four teams, make sure to check out these bold predictions for the SEC championship game.

The solemn stretch of I-10 East gave the Florida Gators time early Sunday morning to lick their wounds, and then ponder and ultimately process what had just happened back up the road in Tallahassee. He helped hold UF to 0-for-12 on third down Saturday night, and he had the first two fumble recoveries of his career. Ohio State, Clemson, Washington and MI round out the top five. The other four appearances were against the No. 12 Hokies in 2010, No. 12 Georgia Tech in 2014, No. 20 Duke in 2013 and unranked Georgia Tech in 2012.

Clemson and Virginia Tech will play for the ACC Championship in Orlando on Saturday.

Displaying some of its best volleyball of late, FSU (24-5 overall, 17-3 ACC) is feeling quite confident with its chances in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. They’re also winless at 0-6 against the spread in their last six non-conference games but have covered in 11 of their last 15 games on the road.

“It just shows you always don’t get the start you want”, Cook said.

“I liked our fight”, John Groce said. “And I couldn’t see your fan base ever accepting that”.

“He’ll be out (of Saturday’s game)”, McElwain said. His ability to run stronger and hurt teams more as the game goes along is his biggest threat. “Tired nights. Hard to go to sleep, you know what I’m saying? You talk about explosive, it’s a real deal”. Do you play it at the beginning of the season?

Quarterback Luke Del Rio (shoulder) dressed out for the FSU game but did not play. With Saturday’s victory over Central Florida, the Bulls finished the season at 10-2. “I don’t think we got open as well as we did in the first half”. Southern California (in odd-numbered years when Notre Dame is the home team), Iowa vs. Iowa State, Utah vs. Brigham Young and Colorado vs. Colorado State. In 2015 the game before FSU was a scary Gator escape from FAU.