The Alabama Crimson Tide kept their College Football Playoff hopes alive Saturday night at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge while also delivering a knockout punch to those of the LSU Tigers.
Jalen Milroe had a game for the ages. The Alabama quarterback rushed for 185 yards and four touchdowns on 12 carries. Milroe threw for another 109 yards and completed 12 of 18 passes as the Crimson Tide (7-2 overall, 4-2 SEC) delivered a 45-13 beatdown of LSU (6-3, 3-2). Alabama was in control virtually from the very beginning.
After the game, Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer called it the Crimson Tide’s most complete game performance of the season.
“I felt like that was probably the most complete game we’ve played. To some extent, we’ve done that the past two games — against Missouri and tonight. Coming into a tough environment, play after play, just staying the course. Then coming out in the third quarter and getting an interception, just going back down the field and playing good, complementary team football.”
On Milroe’s performance in particular, DeBoer said there was plenty of credit to go around after the QB’s unforgettable night. He also talked about Milroe’s “superpower” ability when running the ball.
“I think there’s a lot of guys that helped him get to those spots where we were ahead of the chains. A lot of smaller gains that gets you into positions where your whole playbook is available to you. Honestly, he’s got a superpower when it comes to running the football. You can see him be a guy who not just gets first downs but finishes in the end zone. Him doing what he did early on just kind of got the ball rolling there. He made the throws that were timely when needed and other guys continued to step up. Again, when we stay ahead of the chains and the whole playbook is available to you, a lot we can do.”
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