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Change ), This Is Alabama Football…. The game was televised by CBS Sports and kicked off at 4:00 pm EST. The 2008 Dr Pepper SEC Championship Game was played December 6, 2008, in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia to determine the 2008 football champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Having no idea to ho great this year would be. The game featured the Florida Gators and the Alabama Crimson Tide.The Gators were classified as the home team. Claiming a Perfect ... Continue reading →, At Alabama we study history in order to change it. Alabama dominated Georgia on the line of scrimmage, punished them with the running game, and stifled Georgia’s running attack. Having no idea to ho great this year would be. The blackout game gave Tide fans another folk hero in Scott Cochran, who plays the role of Nick Saban’s attack dog perfectly, barking loudly and helping build the Alabama war machine. Despite going just 14-22 for the game, Tebow was 5-5 for 70 yards and 1 touchdown in the fourth quarter bringing his overall night to 14-22 for 218 yards 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions. Stetson Bennett completed 18 of 40 passes for 269 yards and two touchdowns, including an 82-yarder to James Cook. Alabama thrashed the Bulldogs in the first half, building a 31-0 lead and announcing that the Crimson Tide is now a factor in the SEC and national championship races. 3 Georgia’s heralded defense in the second half of a 41-24 victory Saturday night. Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones (8) tries to shake Georgia cornerback Prince Miller (23) on a first-quarter pass play at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008. The 2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 22 Georgia to a 26-23 victory over No. More importantly, the world learned what happens when teams trot out gimmicks against Alabama. The Amazing Tide page is a page that I started preseason of the 2008 Football year. 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Alabama entered Nick Saban's second year as head coach with an AP preseason ranking of 24. The Tide woke up midway through the fourth quarter, scoring 10 more points and extending the lead to 41-17. The game featured the Florida Gators and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Tebow and Demps carried the Florida running game combining for 110 yards on 30 carries. Drive Chart (Final) 2008 Georgia Bulldogs Football #8 Alabama vs #3 Georgia (Sep 27, 2008 at Athens, Ga.) Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP ----- UA 1st A20 15:00 Kickoff G00 08:32 *TOUCHDOWN 11-80 6:28 UA 1st A35 05:40 Punt G05 00:49 *FIELD GOAL 8-60 4:51 UA 2nd G48 14:36 Punt G00 11:58 *TOUCHDOWN 5-48 2:38 UA 2nd G33 10:02 … Alabama on the other hand run an almost complete opposite style of football, led by Nick Saban's defensive-minded philosophy of physical domination on both sides of the ball, generally using bigger, more physical players. He tested negative Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Then there was some old-school ground-and-pound too. 9/23/2007 Scoring Summary It should have been clear sailing from then on, but quarterback Matthew Stafford made garbage time interesting with two touchdown passes. They run a form of the spread offense, using speed to spread the field, which results in quick drives and higher scoring games. 16 Alabama on Saturday night. The 49-yard field goal attempt was a fake and holder P. J. Fitzgerald could only gain a yard. ( Log Out /  On the first play, quarterback John Parker Wilson connecting on a 64-yard bomb to superstar freshman receiver Julio Jones. An interception by Joe Haden with 1:41 sealed the deal as Florida ran out the rest of the clock. He did so in his trademark fashion, with the volume turned up to 11 and a healthy dose of expletives peppered in, capped off by his trademark “YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”. Analyst cited the differences in the teams' styles as a major point of interest. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. On the very next play Glenn Coffee burst through for an 18-yard touchdown run. Claiming a Perfect ... Continue reading →. A maskless Saban was yelling at a referee after an intentional grounding call in the second quarter. Wilson struggled going just 12-25 for 187 yards 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, but Coffee continued his hot streak by rushing for 112 yards on 21 carries including an 18-yard touchdown run. The SEC East is 10–6 in SEC Championship games (11-6 after Florida's win), with the Florida Gators accounting for six of the 10 victories. Alabama football built their dynasty against the Georgia Bulldogs. Key victories included #4 LSU (51–21), #6 Georgia (49–10), #25 South Carolina (56–6), and #20 Florida State (45–15). The defense was stifling in the first half, and Ingram, Roy Upchuch and Glen Coffee pounded on the Georgia defense relentlessly in trademark Alabama fashion. After a forcing Alabama to a three-and-out on their opening drive Florida struck first moving 59 yards while never facing a third-down to take a 7-0 lead on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Tim Tebow to Carl Moore. At Alabama we study history in order to change it. During the buildup to game day, word got out that Georgia was planning to wear special black jerseys and the students would wear black, creating a “blackout” atmosphere. Alabama has the look of a national championship contender, racing to a 31-point halftime lead over third-ranked Georgia on the way to a decisive 41-30 victory Saturday night. Although the game was essentially over at halftime, Alabama uncharacteristically let Georgia climb back into the game. The Dawgs managed to get out of their own way in the second half, scoring 17 points. Alabama responded with a touchdown "drive" of their own. For the SEC men's basketball championship, see, 2008 Southeastern Conference football standings, http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/line-movement/alabama-@-florida.cfm/date/12-6-08, "Alabama-Florida on CBS championship best ever rating for an SEC game", "Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Florida Gators Box Score", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_SEC_Championship_Game&oldid=950615455, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, $ – BCS representative as conference champion, This page was last edited on 13 April 2020, at 00:31. 3 Georgia, Where we are now: Seven months into the pandemic, Anne Arundel coronavirus cases on the rise again, Carroll County Veterans Independence Project finds home in Westminster, seeks executive director, Baltimore County police investigate two shootings Saturday. 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Louis Murphy was the leading receiver for Florida with 86 yards on just 4 catches. Only two years removed from a national championship, Florida entered the season with high hopes and an AP preseason ranking of 5. Jones was spectacular with 124 yards on merely 5 catches. ( Log Out /  Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Florida finished the regular season with an 11–1 record and a #2 ranking in the AP Poll. The football gods frown upon such boorish tactics and use the impeccably clad Tide as their instrument of revenge. Smith caught 11 passes for 167 yards and two touchdowns, including one in the fourth quarter that effectively put it out of reach. When Cochran learned of this he had his own take on the situation. The Amazing Tide page is a page that I started preseason of the 2008 Football year. Powered by Minute Media © 2020 All Rights Reserved. ( Log Out /  SEC. The Crimson Tide (4-0), with coach Nick Saban stalking the sideline after a COVID-19 scare, rallied with three touchdowns in a 10-minute span starting late in the third quarter of a battle of the Southeastern Conference’s last remaining unbeatens. The nation’s top-scoring offense ultimately got the decisive upper hand in a battle with the Bulldogs (3-1) and one of the nation’s best defenses. Alabama's defense forced a three-and-out and then their offense used the "ground-and-pound" strategy to perfection running 15 plays, gaining 91 yards and taking 6:53 off the clock to tie the game at 17-17 with a 2-yard rushing touchdown by Mark Ingram Jr.. Florida seemed poised to take the lead on their drive, but after the drive stalled Phillips missed a 42-yard field goal. 2008 Alabama vs Georgia. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The Amazing Tide page is a page that I started preseason of the 2008 Football year. Then, Tebow took over. SEC. TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — Mac Jones passed for 417 yards and four touchdowns, and No. Many college football analysts called the game a "play-in game" for the BCS National Championship, easily making it one of the most anticipated games of the year.

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