Hot! Alabama Football

ARLINGTON, Texas It was likely to often be a Classic.

The 2012 Cowboys Classic decided not to live up to the particular pre-game hype granted for you to second-ranked Alabama as well as eighth-ranked Michigan, nevertheless it seemed to be common in a single aspect: your Crimson Tide applied a new classic bothersome clinic, setting up a new 31-point guide inside the first one half prior to coasting to your 41-14 victory when in front of 90,413 followers about Saturday night, a new Cowboys Stadium track record for your university football game.

The online game has been billed as being a classic confrontation in between Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson's running flexibility in addition to Alabama 's stingy defense. And when interceptions by Dee Milliner along with C.J. Mosley - that original a Cowboys Classic track record in which set up a touchdown, the latter producing a touchdown - absolutely gave the sting on the Tide in that matchup, the item has been your Alabama wrongdoing of which stole the particular show using a methodical, deliberate attack which featured large go away represents by AJ McCarron along with nifty managing by simply T.J. Yeldon, although seemed to be extra usually your blue-collar type that pointed out that Tide's actual physical control within the Michigan defense.

"We enjoyed very nicely on offense and also did a not bad position of running that ball," Alabama coach Nick Saban mentioned immediately after studying this Tide's 31-7 halftime lead.

Previous battles among the two storied programs, generally while in the postseason, were thrilling tilts of which featured some sort of heart-breaking Alabama impairment upon a fourth-down go away finish by way of Michigan with a new 28-24 Wolverine victory inside 1987; a Dwayne Rudd interception returning for the touchdown in which afforded the particular Tide some sort of 17-14 win within 1996; including a Tom Brady touchdown go away regarding Michigan, then Ryan Pflugner's extra-point skip that covered a 35-34 overtime victory with the maize in addition to blue within the 2000 Orange Bowl.

If there seems to be any kind of performance that will originated from Saturday's matchup, it absolutely was with Alabama's backfield, where the highly predicted start off regarding Lacy seemed to be overshadowed with the breakaway owns with Yeldon, who received your state's "Mr. Football" merit 2009 from Daphne High.

Lacy had flashes of brilliance, but was able merely 35 back yards about nine carries, scarcely your terrific attempt provided the taking over targets added to Alabama's experienced a problem line. Yeldon, within the alternative hand, appeared to be elusive as well as split tackles, managing 111 yards about eleven offers in which will surely bring on fans' requirements intended for a change within starters ahead of following week's property opener alongside Western Carolina.

In fact, Alabama utilized four tailbacks, which includes Dee Hart in addition to Jalston Fowler, plus usually applied Fowler as a fullback, which often produced center Barrett Jones, guards Anthony Steen and also Chance Warmack and tackles Cyrus Kouandjio and D.J. Fluker all the more dominant. The Tide's just flaw appeared to be a vulnerable operation around third-down conversions, some sort of testimony into the excrete rush of the Michigan safeguard whenever your Wolverines might get the particular Tide in evident missing out on situations.