ALABAMA BEATS DOWN THE AGGIES 41-23...

HENRY RUNS WILD FOR 236 YARDS

FITZ AND WASHINGTON COMBINE FOR 3 PICK SIXES...

COKER WAS CALM COOL AND COLLECTED...

TIDE DEFENSE SHUTS DOWN ALLEN OF A&M...

   

Henry rips the physicality out of A&M

(COLLEGE STATION, TX.)     The Alabama Crimson Tide were given a challenge by Coach Kevin Sumlin. The Aggie coach guaranteed a Texas A&M win. Sumlin is a good head coach, but he's no Joe Namath. The Tide dominated, stumbled, and then found themselves to post a 41-23 game. All that non-sense about the Tide secondary being a weak link seems to be a moot point. The Tide intercepted four Aggie passes and took three of them back to the house for touchdowns. Two of those three interception broke the back of the Aggie offense, and sent Kyle Allen to the side line to think things over.  Alabama defenders then abused his backup  like a yard dog. The Tide may not be perfect, but they are relentless. They hunt you down and then they kill your dreams. I'm sure that Texas A&M is a good little football team, but they are not the Alabama Crimson Tide. Once again, the Tide beat the Aggies to death with defense, and, the offense wasn't bad either.

 

TAM fought hard but the Tide talent was just to great...



Bama defenders were to much.



     I'll give TAM some credit for not rolling over. The Tide broke the game open but the Aggies fought back to 28-20 and appeared to be close to turning the momentum. Jake Coker got back on the field and very bravely took the team on his shoulders to seal the win. It was Coker's key passes and a couple of broken play runs to stop the TAM momentum. The Tide got a field goal to take it to 31-20. Game over. The Tide offense and defense turned nasty and stingy, and TAM was done. Kyle Allen, the gifted quarterback  tried to rally his team, but the damage was done, the fat lady had sung, and once again a very talented Texas A&M was demoted to pretender and not a contender. I'm sure they will knock off some talented teams before the season is over. They can't beat the Tide, not yet, on the talent and coaching level. As usual the Tide shut down any running game the Aggies brought. One the other hand the 5-2 defense used by the Aggies was like opening the floodgates for Alabama. Henry had 236 and it could  have been a hundred more. When the Aggies went to a 4-3 it slowed the Tide for a couple of series (tackles for losses) but the Tide adjusted. Henry and company showed who the man was in College Station.

 

 

 

Coker was a leader...

          The numbers were not overwhelming. Let's recap: Coker was 19-25-0. Not the zero. That's no interceptions. That's not giving TAM good field position, a touchdown on a pick six, or good field position. Coke was cool and collected and looked, dare I say, like a major league quarterback. He's learning, he's getting better, and the kid has no fear. He has become the team leader. Hooray for him and all he's been through. He isn't perfect, but who is. I can't think we can do any better, and he took this team on three lengthy drives despite illegal procedure penalties and negative (-) yardage on first down plays. I've watched the replay twice, and it would be fair to say that Alabama almost beat TAM as bad as last season in many ways. He has made tremendous progress since the first game of the season. When you threw 25 passes and only six were incomplete you've done a day's work.

 

Tide secondary has a stellar day...

   

     Minkah Fitzpatrick ran back two picks for touchdowns. Wow. Eddied Washington picked off another and ran it back. He came close on a second pick to finding the house.  Eddie Washington picked off another and ran it back back for another TD. That's the second game in a row the safety has run one back. And, not to be left out, Marlon Humphrey got another one but they chose not to review the play. The Tide's marauders up front made Kyle Allen's day miserable. The Tide had 6 sacks and a couple of quarterback hurries. The only real yardage made by Allen or the Kyler Murray were off scrambles. Reggie Ragland was once again the assassin linebacker with 8 solo tackles.
 
All in all it was a solid when which vaulted the Tide up to #8 in the AP and Coaches Poll. Tennessee is up next.