Analysis points: No. 1 Alabama 51, Mississippi State 3

7 Texas A&M last Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium.

“I think the biggest thing is we can’t have any kind of relief syndrome after a big, emotional game”, Alabama coach Nick Saban said.

Hurts has rightfully earned adulation for his play this season, especially considering his status as a true freshman.

Touchdown! Scrappy Mississippi State will get a shot at taking down the number one team in the country, Alabama, when they face off on November 12th at 12pm EST.

Hurts topped 100 rushing yards in both of the Tide’s closest games, against MS and No. 19 LSU. Historically, Alabama has struggled with running quarterbacks. On the defense, Alabama football yields 191.9 yards in passing and 66.0 yards in rushing against their opponents.

Anthony Moeglin threw a 24-yard, go-ahead touchdown pass to William Woods with 39 seconds left, lifting John Carroll to a 31-28 win over the Purple Raiders.

Georgia Tech 30, No 18 Virginia Tech 20: Georgia Tech backup quarterback Matthew Jordan rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Yellow Jackets past Virginia Tech.

Alabama will have a breeze of a game in Week 12. “We’ve got to come out and play a very clean game”.

D’Onta Foreman, who leads the nation in rushing yardage per game, led the Longhorns (5-5, 4-4) with 167 yards on 35 carries.

The Bulldogs are 0-7 against the Crimson Tide under Mullen.

ArDarius Stewart: Stewart was incredible for the Crimson Tide on Saturday. The LSU game was the first when the freshman produced more yards rushing (114) than passing (107), and Hurts’ 21-yard run accounted for the only touchdown in a 10-0 Alabama win. These errors came against a team that ranks 78th nationally in defensive pass efficiency and 74th in yards per game.

MSU has scored 91 points and has 1,243 yards in the last two games.

In addition to Hurts’ 100 yards, which included a touchdown run, running back Josh Jacobs gained 89 yards on nine rushes, averaging 9.9 yards per carry. You’ve got to go take them to get them off of you a little bit. There was some fear that Alabama might be in for a letdown following last week’s hard-fought win over Louisiana State. The result kept Alabama to a season low 10 points and just over 300 yards of total offense. The college football odds for the game have the Crimson Tide favored by a comfortable margin to pick up the win here. “They have to stay with the plan and execute what they’re doing”. With potential first-round National Football League rushers such as Jonathan Allen, Tim Williams and Ryan Anderson, it’s often a race among the various blitzers to see who gets to the quarterback first. “I thought we had a really hard time guarding the dribble tonight and they got to the line 19 times in the first half”. They are just too strong and overmatch every single team they play, and they are not the team to get too complacent and blow it against a weaker team. Alabama, meanwhile, has not yielded a 100 yard rusher since October 3, 2015 when Nick Chubb ran for 146 yards.