Re: Latest Bama 12/2/12
All Alabama!
All Alabama!
After a terrific SEC championship game, it's time to hand out a few helmet stickers:
After a terrific SEC championship game, it's time to hand out a few helmet stickers:
“I knew my teammates needed me. It never crossed my mind to come out of the game,” said Jones, Alabama’s senior center and one of the pillars of a Crimson Tide offensive line that took matters into its own hands when it looked like Georgia might be on its way to blocking Alabama’s path to history. “There were a lot of questions before the game about who was the more physical team. I’d say most of those questions were answered.”
With Alabama down three points and the SEC title and a shot at the national title hanging in the balance, Nick Saban put the game in the hands of two freshmen. Two players barely a year out of high school football would decide the fate of Alabama’s 2012 season. Boy did it pay off. “Two big plays by freshmen there,” senior center Barrett Jones said. Big doesn’t even begin to describe them. You need more hyperbole for this one, like mammoth or gargantuan.
Some statsAlabama won its first SEC championship since 2009, handing Georgia an SEC championship game loss for the second straight season. The Tide got it done on the ground. They ran for 350 rushing yards, the most in SEC championship game history. Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon became the first teammates to each run for 100 yards in SEC championship game history. Lacy’s 181 rushing yards are the third-most in the history of the SEC title game.
Edward Aschoff talks to Alabama linebacker Nico Johnson after the Tide's SEC championship game win.
The SEC is done beating up on itself and is set to compete for its seventh straight national title. Alabama is king of the league (again), and here's what we learned from Saturday:
Resiliency? Alabama's had to show more of it in 30 days than it did during previous national title runs-al.comEvery fan with black to go along with his or her shade of red cheered as loudly as they had all game after one of many momentum shifts in Saturday’s SEC Championship.
Why didn't Bulldogs spike the ball? 'Spiking ... takes time,' Georgia coach Mark Richt says-al.comHis postgame press conference ends with a sharp exchange.
Revisiting three questions for second-ranked Alabama following its 32-28 win over Georgia in the SEC Championship Game.
There is nothing better than a national championship game, but it’s hard to imagine that Alabama vs. Notre Dame could be better than Alabama 32, Georgia 28 for the Southeastern Conference Championship Saturday night in Atlanta.
The deflected pass fluttered through the air as a diving Dee Milliner grabbed it, seemingly putting an end to the SEC Championship Game.
Moments following Saturday’s game, former Alabama running back Mark Ingram congratulated Eddie Lacy on the field.
SEC notebook: Yeldon proves to be top freshman back in game-dothaneagle.comAlabama’s T.J. Yeldon won the battle of the freshman running backs during the Tide’s 32-28 win over Georgia on Saturday in the SEC Championship Game.
Sunseri steps up in last series for Tide-dothaneagle.comFrom an Immaculate Interception to a piggy-back ride.
Two arms raised in the air. Four fingers held high on both hands.The fourth quarter belongs to Alabama. Strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran makes sure of it.He screams. He jumps up and down as if on a trampoline. He’s a cheerleader on the sidelines, but a grueling taskmaster in the weight room.Largely because of him, Alabama players excel when the game is on the line. They believe; they know they are physically superior when the going gets tough.Other teams often wilt when the game is four quarters deep. Alabama gets its second wind.
With the SEC Championship Game and a berth in the BCS title game on the line, Alabama’s sensational freshman duo of running back T.J. Yeldon and wide receiver Amari Cooper delivered big time for Alabama on Saturday night in the Georgia Dome.
Alabama 32, Georgia 28: Grading the Tide-al.comWas any play bigger and any decision bolder than the Crimson Tide's two-point conversion?