TENNESSEE BEAT AND LSU AWAITS...
There are probably a million takes on the Alabama and Tennessee football game. Here is take number one - Alabama won 19-14, and basically that is the only thing that matters. Sure, the Tide looked lackadaisical in the win. I think we all like come from behind wins. It shows character, focus, guts, and those types of things. The part of that is that you were getting beat by a team who was a 16 point underdog. Bottom line on the comeback was that Jake Coker learned a lot about patience and perseverance. Let's give the Tide a A for the comeback.The defensive line looked pretty porous on the corners didn't they? Tennessee piled up big hunks of running room against the supposedly bullet proof looked a little shaky. Of course, when it mattered most, the defensive line came up with a standing ovation type finale. Two sacks and stripped fumble recovery sealed the win. Let's give the Tide an A for the end, but a C for the rest of the time.
Hello Calvin Ridley, Adarius Stewart, and O.J. Howard. Welcome to the world of the forward pass. Ridely and Stewart both had really big time catches on the final drive which beat the Vols. Howard caught a lot of short passes when Bama needed first down yardages.
Has that last punt of J.K. Scott returned from orbit yet? He averaged right at 50 yards a punt. He flipped field position, and forced a fair catch at the ten yard line. It is nice to hear the crowed go "ooohhh" when he nails one. Speaking of nailing one, how about Adam Griffith nailing every kick he tried. He didn't have to kick the winning field goal but he would have.
Was it just my imagination but it seemed we got at least one illegal procedure penalty everytime we had a drive going. Kudos to Jake Coker for overecoming two big penalties in the winning drive. Alabama will get beat if they play that sloppy against LSU.
The Tide moved up one spot in the Polls and even got a renegage vote for number one.
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