What an outstanding performance yesterday. The Tide won its 22nd SEC Championship. The Tide flat out out-muscled the Gators. While Alabama didn't get many sacks of Tebow and he had a couple of long runs, the defense, besides giving up a drive for a touchdown in the second quarter, limited the big plays of Florida and executed a solid game plan on pass rush. Whether you can sack Tebow or not, you don't go past him, and you simply try to keep him in the pocket since he's at his most dangerous outside of the pocket.
And McElroy simply outperformed Tebow, the chosen one of the media. McElroy played well with strong and accurate passes while the OLine did a great job for him and the Tide's trio of runners--Ingram, Richardson, and Upchurch (pictured above).
Ingram is back in the spotlight for the Heisman, and I hope he wins it. I, like some media types, think Suh from Nebraska deserves an invitation to the Downtown Athletic Club too. But Ingram amassed 189 yards of stats while Alabama had 490 yards of total offense against the defense that is statistically the best defense in college football.
After reading post-game comments from players, they felt that they just wore out the Gators' defense. And their D did look tired and beaten down, especially since the time of possession difference was 39:37 (Tide) to 20:23 (Gators).
Alabama played well in all phases of the game.
Roll Tide.
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'Bama looked really good, dominating Florida and St. Tebow. (let me pause as I wipe away His tears)
Texas better play better than they did in the Big 12 Championship or they are toast. They are capable of beating Alabama, but they better bring their A-game.
I think it is going to be a really good match.
As much as this is bad sportsmanship, I enjoyed seeing Timmy cry.
It's not that I don't think he's incredibly talented as a player, but I'm just so tired of the homoerotic glorification of Tebow by sports writers.
I worry about McCoy and those Texas receivers. The Tide got lucky on a few pass plays in the SEC Championship. And while the game plan was to keep Tebow in the pocket, the Alabama D didn't get as much pressure on Tebow as I would have liked.
Perhaps the Tide can borrow Mr. Suh for the game. That guy is incredible. I think he's some kind of super soldier project like Captain America or Wolverine.
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