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We had the ball in the red zone and weren’t able to punch it in a couple of times and settled for field goals.

What’s also important to note is that Prescott – a quarterback built in the same mold of others that have given Alabama fits in the past – underperformed in last year’s meeting. “We talked about all week how we just need to make tackles”. The Tide are looking for a repeat performance of last season where they ran the table after an early loss and went on to be one of the last four standing. He’s thrown for at least 300 yards in State’s last three games. “For 55 plays we played unbelievable defense”.

Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen pronounced things “horrendous” at halftime, and that wasn’t strong enough adjective for the second half. “If you eliminate big plays and make turnovers, the game would have been totally different”. “We had to get where we could run the ball better, period”. It gained 199 on three plays, including two Derrick Henry touchdowns from 74 and 65 yards. The Tide also had a 69-yard punt return touchdown in the second quarter. “That’s 21 points if you get touchdowns there”.

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Yet the Bulldogs never got into the end zone. He finished with 204 yards on 22 carries. “We did most of it with four guys rushing”. It’s Henry’s third 200-yard game in the last four, joining his 236 yards against Texas A&M and 210 against LSU. Prescott leads the team in rushing and will look to target wide receiver De’Runnya Wilson. So turning around a few days later and playing Alabama wasn’t going to be easy. “I don’t think we did a great job of protecting the quarterback”.

The interception, just Prescott’s second this season, came right after Henry’s 65-yard touchdown to top the 200-yard mark, which made him the first Alabama running back to do so in back-to-back games.

The Alabama Crimson Tide (8-1) are coming from a 30-16 win over LSU last week.

Henry topped 125 against all six and notched 200 against three of them.

Those are Heisman-type numbers. The junior now has 1,458 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns. He caught 4 passes for 102 yards and 2 touchdowns on November 5 in a 31-13 victory over Missouri. “Kind of a weird game in that every touchdown was a big play”.

“What you can always tell is he outruns the angles, and that’s when you know that someone’s pretty fast”.

Saban demands excellence, which was displayed when he nitpicked his team’s flaws despite having just won by a 31-6 margin, improving to 9-1 overall.

But the real break in the play came thanks to a cracking hit by Kenyan Drake, who planted a heck of a block on Taveze Calhoun, a senior defensive back. This is the same kneejerk reaction the network had in 1997 when it brokered a Heisman Trophy win for cornerback/kick returner Charles Woodson of MI over Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning. I thought we played fantastic defense for a good portion of the night. But the Bulldogs have battled back for a 7-2 record that has placed them at a #17 record as they welcome the #2 Crimson Tide to Davis Wade Stadium.