Alabama has flown the season with ease, navigating a calendar with all Southeast Conference games amid the risks of COVID-19.
Crimson Tide, a top-ranked player, entered the SEC Championship game On Saturday night against Number 11 Florida with a hard-to-reach goal yet in sight: an undefeated season.
Of all Nick Saban’s dominant groups in Tuscaloosa, only one finished with the best record, and that’s 11 years ago. The Tide (10-0) has given the impression of almost untouchable so far, recording the fifth undefeated normal season of the Saban era that included five national titles.
Alabama is still expected to beat the Gators (8-2) and two playoff games to sign up for the 2009 giant who was 14-0.
“How you end up is the most vital thing in terms of your legacy as a team, so that’s not what we’ve done so far, we’re all proud and appreciate that the players have done a smart task so far,” Saban said. Monday. ” It’s about how you end up. You have to look forward, not backwards. “
The Gators know how there can be a good margin between perfection and some defeats: they lost 37-34 to LSU after Cade York’s 57-yard basket with 23 seconds to play, helped overcome a pointless penalty and followed a Gators failure.
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Now they’re the losers of two touchdowns opposed to Tide and, of course, they wouldn’t need anything more than to derail the quest for perfection in Alabama.
“We still have the SEC championship on the line,” Florida linebacker Ventrell Miller said. “This is a wonderful opportunity to pass out and show the world how talented we are, what we are as a team. “
And, in the process, prevent the 2020 Alabama team from teaming up with group ’09.
Past history indicates that Alabama is far from over, but The Tide has simplified things so far, sending its two war parts No. five Texas A
The Tide won their matches by an average margin of 32. 7 points, beating even the past dominant top in Saban.
Alabama flirted with other undefeated seasons, but could only seal the deal once. Tide recorded the best regular-season records in 2016 and 2018, before wasting Clemson on national name games.
Perhaps the two top dominant groups of the Saban era of the tide came here in the 2009 and 2011 national championship seasons. In the first, Alabama averaged 20. 4 points, crowned by a 37-21 win over Texas for Saban’s first national name in Tuscaloosa. Mark Ingram won the Heisman Trophy and Rolando McClain won the Butkus Prize.
The 2011 team led its parts in conflict with an average of 26. 9 issues and allowed only 8 problems consistent with the game. Alabama took revenge on the only place, a 9-6 loss to LSU in the so-called Game of the Century, with a dominant 21-0 functionality in the rematch to win the national title.
2009 is widely regarded as the gold standard.
“I guess it goes back to the way they did, and it’s about concentrating on each and every game, betting one game at a time,” said Tide quarterback Mac Jones. “Obviously we have a wonderful team and we fought a lot of adversity this year.
“I think it will definitely help us. I mean, none of these issues in the past. We just want to focus on each and every day. “
Cornerman Patrick Surtain II said Saban “will communicate about it because obviously we have a special season. But the paintings aren’t finished yet. “
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