Halfway through the game, I thought the Crimson Tide would make this game a shut out, but the Bulldogs managed to score with a little over four minutes to go in the game -- their twos against our twos.
Even though the score was lopsided -- 38 to 7 -- State did have a decent drive in the first half and another really good drive in the second half. On the first, the Tide blocked their field goal. On the second, Robert Lester picked off a pass in the end zone. He's done that in two straight games.
While the defense only allowed 47 yards rushing, the secondary did give up some long passes, and from the look of it, they were because of mental errors on the part of the secondary. There were a couple of shots of Coach Saban reprimanding (a nice word for what was happening) Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and then true freshman Geno Smith.
T.J. Yeldon had another good game, and true freshman Kenyan Drake had more yards than starter Eddie Lacy (though Lacy 51 yards in the passing game). But Drake played only late in the game, so I'm wondering if he's ever going to get a chance to tote the rock when the game is in question.
Freshman linebacker Denzel Duvall had an impressive stat sheet on the night considering he plays in the second wave of the defense: two solo tackles and both were tackles for a loss, one sack, and two quarterback hurries. There were a number of plays where he absolutely abused State's left tackle.
Next up is LSU Saturday night in Baton Rouge.
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