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Alabama stumbles at Oklahoma as CFP chances minimize

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Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer criticize his team uncharacteristic mistakes in aftermath of 24-3 defeat to Oklahoma on Saturday night that halts its progress to the Crimson Tide College Football Playoff hopes.

The defeat leaves the Tide postseason hopes in position entering final week of regular season.

With those playoff candidates no longer in Alabama control ahead of Iron Bowl visit from the Tigers its quarterback was focused on moving forward.

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe threw three interceptions and Crimson Tide never shook  off slow begin against an Oklahoma defense that held them to season low 70 rushing yards.

The Sooners 6-5, 2-5 relying on legs of quarterback Jackson Arnold and freshman running back Xavier Robinson gashed Alabama for 257 rushing yards on their method to sealing bowl eligibility for 26th season.

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Alabama start Week 13 in line to reach SEC title game on Dec 7 with wins over Oklahoma then Auburn during final two weeks of regular season.

The Crimson Tides road stumble helped No 10 Georgia clinch a spot in conference championship and left Alabama path into cFP on ground.

Tide defeat the Tigers in Iron Bowl next weekend Alabama need lot of help in order to land a position in 12 team playoff field.

Milroe said “Its all about finish”

“We have got to finish. There is so much left for football season. We have got to get everyone together to have a like mindedness and just keep on competing. Every chance that we have we have just got to seize it”.

“It was rough night for Milroe. The Junior went 11 for 26 for 164 yards passing and managed 7 yards rushing on 15 attempts.

Alabama trailed 10-3 early in third quarter when Oklahoma cornerback Eli Bowen intercepted Milroe setting up Robinson second touchdown run of the match four plays later.

It was rough night for Milroe.

The junior went 11 for 26 for 164 yards passing and manage just 7 yards rushing on 15 attempts.

Alabama trailed 10-3 early in third quarter when Oklahoma cornerback Eli Bowen intercepted Milroe setting up Robinson second touchdown run of match four plays later.

The lead grew to 24-3 on possession after linebacker Kip Lewis jumped Milroe throw to tight end Robbie Ouzts and returned it 49 yards for score.

Oklahoma 21 point advantage marked Alabama largest deficit against unranked team since 2003.

The Tide picked up only five first downs and 80 yards total after Milroe back to back picks.

He became first Alabama quarterback to throw three interceptions in a match since 2015 on Woodi Washington game sealing pick with 6:53 remaining in contest.

DeBoes said “Anytime you lose a great player like Deontae it going to affect you”.

“We got to be better in all ways” DeBoer said

“Some simple thing uncharacteristic things happened early in the game where we did not  get the momentum on our side. And really it comes down to end of first half them scoring a touchdown and the turnovers really kind of changing the momentum of the game there”

How Jalen Milroe’s super power helped Alabama football destroyed LSU:LSU Brian Kelly takes blame for pathetic defeat to Alabama

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Jalen Milroe ran down field one last time Saturday night in Death Valley.

Alabama football quarterback completed his post match interview he raced toward Crimson Tide fans at LSU’s Tiger Stadium.

LSU had no answer for Milroe. The first drive of game he broke loose finding position in Tiger defense and rushing 39 yards down the field for his first score.

The redshirt LANK sign he assisted make last season jumped the purple wall in end zone basking with Crimson Tide faithful form moment.

Milroe said after 42-13 win

“I m definitely proud to get win on road”

“Its not an easy task to go on road and play a tough opponent in LSU and get victory so we got to appreciated the win”.

He add another score in second quarter from 10 yards out. Another from 19 in third.

Milroe capped it off with 72 yard touchdown run in fourth well LSU had much hope of comeback.
“Obviously he has got a superpower when it comes to running the football” De Boer said of Milroe
“You can see him not just be a guy that gets first downs but finishes in end zone”.
LSU coach Brian kelly said
“If you are watching the game you are like what did these guys do for two weeks?”
“We have scheme to stop the quarterback We did not get that done”.
LSU coach Brian Kelly blamed himself for 42-13 defeat to Alabama on Saturday night defeat ended any hope of college Football Playoff berth for Tigers.
LSU had time to prepare for matchup against Alabama struggled to slow down quarterback Jalen Milroe and costly mistakes on attack that permitted the game to get out of reach.
Milroe has run through LSU defense in consecutive campaign now rushing for 185 yards and four touchdowns on Saturday after rushing for 155 yards in 42 -28 win over Tigers past season.
Milroe finished with rushing yards than passing yards this time.
The Tigers have are in jeopardy to contain rushing quarterbacks this season.
Defeat against Texas A&M last time out backup quarterback Marcel Reed replace Conner Wiegman and ran for 62 yards and three touchdown for Aggies to lead comeback victory.
They dropped to 6-3 overall and 3-2 in SEC play Kelly acknowledge they face difficult task if they desire any shot at conference title.
When asked how he and team will approach past three weeks of regular season knowing a CFP berth is now long shot Kelly said.
“We are disappointed in way we performed. These guys are not like, Hey we are out of the playoffs.
They are disappointed And I m disappointed that we did not live up to standards of LSU football. That affects us more than the damn playoffs.”
“If you are watching the game you are liken, What did these guys do for two weeks” Kelly said of his team.
“We have scheme to stop the quarterback. We did not get that done so I take responsibility for it. But we have to put our players in right position too to take advantage of what they are capable of doing. So we own it together and we have got to get it fixed. because it has been a couple of weeks now”.
“We are not reinventing the wheel when it comes to defending the quarterback” Kelly said
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“There is only a couple of ways to defend them. We have to be able to get our players. we are not trading any of them.
There is no waiver wire. We are not bringing anybody up from the demo squad. We have got to come up with the right answers on what works best for the guys that we have and it has not worked very well these last couple of games”