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Alabama Football: Week 11 “NFL Freaks Of The Week”

NFL Freaks of the Week is a weekly poll on the Alabama football twitter account

The “NFL Freaks of the Week” is a weekly poll on the Alabama football twitter account, that lets fans vote for an NFL offensive and defensive freak of the week from the previous week’s matchups. 

Last week, Derrick Henry and Minkah Fitzpatrick were the Freaks of the week.

Let’s see who the fans voted for this week! 

Offensively, these were the four candidates twitter got to vote on:

Irv Smith | 3 catches, 20 yds, TD

Bo Scarbrough | 14 rushes, 55 yds, TD

Calvin Ridley | 8 catches, 143 yds, TD

Mark Ingram | 13 rushes, 48 yds, 3 catches, 37 yds, 2 TDs

WINNER: Calvin Ridley with 53% of the votes

And defensively, these were the four candidates that Twitter got to vote on:

Daron Payne | 5 tackles, PBU

Eddie Jackson | 6 tackles, forced fumble

Jarran Reed | 4 tackles, 1.5 sacks, PBU, forced fumble

HaHa Clinton-Dix | 7 tackles, fumble recovery

WINNER: Jarran Reed with 47% of the votes 

Which week 11 “freak” were you most impressed with?

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BAMA BEAT: Breaking down the injury to Tua Tagovailoa (Ep. 269)

In this episode, Clint Lamb and Brett Hudson discuss the injury to Tua Tagovailoa, including the aftermath and where Alabama goes from here.

Cecil Hurt and Clint Lamb, through TideSports.com and The Tuscaloosa News, produce a podcast called “The ‘Bama Beat”, which features all the latest news and analysis surrounding the Alabama Crimson Tide.

In this episode, Lamb and Brett Hudson discuss the injury to Tua Tagovailoa, including the aftermath and where Alabama goes from here. The two also look at whether Nick Saban made the right decision leaving Tagovailoa in the game on Saturday against Mississippi State.

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Should Tua Tagovailoa enter the 2020 NFL Draft?

Many believe Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has taken his last snaps in a Crimson Tide uniform, after injuring his hip in a contest against Mississippi State which resulted in season-ending surgery. The question that continues to loom is if he …

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Many believe Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has taken his last snaps in a Crimson Tide uniform, after injuring his hip in a contest against Mississippi State which resulted in season-ending surgery.

The question that continues to loom is if he should enter the 2020 NFL Draft and forego his senior season, or rehabilitate his injury and play one more year at the collegiate level before going pro.

Yahoo! Sports college football analyst, Pete Thamel, weighed in on what it would mean for Tagovailoa, financially, and the ramifications of his future decision.

Thamel explains that Tagovailoa was clearly one of the best quarterbacks eligible for the draft and probably the No. 1 overall pick.

With this season-ending injury, among other health issues he’s had in the last two years, teams may be thinking twice in 2020 about selecting him early.

“It’s very difficult, you don’t know what you’re drafting,” said a veteran NFL executive. “I see him maybe going toward the end of the first round.”

Being selected towards the end of the first round is still not bad, but having been projected to be the first player taken, it has to hurt your morale.

But there’s more than just morale involved, as Thamel goes on to explain.

The difference in the money from being the No. 1 overall pick to the No. 32 overall pick in the first round could cost Tagovailoa more the $25 million.

It is expected that his recovery could take upwards of six months. As Thamel explained in his piece, this would mean NFL teams won’t have the opportunity to see Tagovailoa before the draft.

This is a very heavy draft class when it comes to quarter backs.

Names like Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts, Justin Herbert and others are expected to go in the first round.

This is also a very “quarter back friendly” draft. Many teams are either looking for their quick-fix at the position now, or they are seeking out the future signal caller for their franchise.

Should Tagovailoa decide to enter the draft now and leave his final year of eligibility behind, he will almost certainly not be the first quarterback taken, and will likely fall late in the first round, as the one senior NFL executive had claimed.

However, if he is looking for one more year to prepare and fully heal before entering the NFL, he could stay with Nick Saban at Alabama one more year and enter the less-crowded quarterback class of the 2021 NFL Draft.

There are a lot of concerns surrounding this decision, because if he goes pro now, then the question asked would be “Well, where would he be if he stayed one more year?”

If he stays at Alabama he runs the risk of furthering any of his current injuries and damaging his draft stock even more, or he may even not play at the same level he has been over the last two seasons, which could cause him to drop even further in the draft.

This is something Tagovailoa will have some time to think about and talk over with his family to see what the best course of action may be.

For now, all we can do is speculate and weigh the options visible to us.

 

Angry Tweets: CFB fans react to Georgia’s No. 4 ranking

Angry college football fans tweet after Georgia football checked in at No. 4 in the CFP Rankings.

On Tuesday night, Georgia checked in at No. 4 in the College Football Playoff rankings, remaining the highest ranked one-loss team.

According to the most recent edition of the CFP rankings, Georgia’s ranked wins include:

No. 16 Notre Dame

No. 10 Florida

No. 15 Auburn

The full top-six is as follows:

1. LSU

2. Ohio State

3. Clemson

4. Georgia

5. Alabama

6. Oregon

Surprisingly, Texas A&M, which Georgia hosts this weekend, remained unranked despite checking in at No. 23 in both the Amway Coaches Poll and the AP Top-25.

Following the release of the rankings, college football fans gave their thoughts on Twitter.

Originally, I was planning on making this an article that included happy tweets from UGA fans. Then, as I browsed Twitter all I saw was triggered fans of other schools…mostly Alabama. 

Enjoy.

Alabama still at No. 5 in latest College Football Playoff rankings

The Alabama Crimson Tide didn’t drop in the latest College Football Playoff rankings after a dominating Mississippi State on Saturday.

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Alabama is fresh off a dominate 38-7 road victory over Mississippi State, which is probably why the College Football Playoff committee left them at No. 5 in the latest rankings.

On Tuesday night, it was revealed that Alabama had not dropped despite the news that star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had been lost for the season due to a hip injury.

Here is how the rankings check out:

There had been some speculation that a team like Oregon, who has impressed over the last few weeks, could jump the Crimson Tide for that No. 5 spot, but it looks like the committee isn’t ready to count them out.

Surprisingly, the Oklahoma Sooners didn’t make a move up after making an epic 28-3 comeback against Baylor, who is now ranked No. 14 after the loss.

Auburn, who will be Alabama’s last opponent of the regular season a week from Saturday, only dropped a couple of spots to No. 15 after Georgia handed the Tigers their third loss of the season.

Things are still wide open in the race for who makes the College Football Playoff, and from the looks of things, the Crimson Tide are still in the mix.

Stay tuned for more analysis and breakdowns of the rankings from Roll Tide Wire!

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Oklahoma climbs one spot in newest College Football Playoff Rankings

After needing a historic comeback to beat Baylor, OU was either staying put or barely moving up in the College Football Playoff Rankings.

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After needing a historic comeback to beat Baylor, Oklahoma was either staying put or barely moving up in this week’s College Football Playoff Rankings.

The College Football Playoff committee made that decision with the release of the Nov. 19 Rankings on Tuesday night, with the Sooners climbing just one spot to No. 9.

Lincoln Riley, Jalen Hurts and the 2019 Oklahoma football team found themselves in a 28-3 hole early in the second-quarter against now No. 14 Baylor before trailing the Bears 31-10 at half. The Sooners scored 24 unanswered in the second half, shutting out Baylor and pulled out a 34-31 win.

Here is how the rest of the top-10 of the College Football Playoff Rankings rounded out:

  1. LSU
  2. Ohio State
  3. Clemson
  4. Georgia
  5. Alabama
  6. Oregon
  7. Utah
  8. Penn State
  9. Oklahoma
  10. Minnesota

Oklahoma State, Oklahoma’s opponent on Nov. 30, jumped one spot to No. 21. The Sooners also gained another top-25 win as Iowa State moved into the top-25 at No. 22.

Oklahoma plays host to TCU on Saturday at 7 p.m. CT on FOX.

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College Football Playoff rankings released – where’s Georgia football?

Where’s Georgia football in the most recent CFP rankings?

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On Tuesday night, the newest College Football Playoff rankings were released after Georgia’s big road win over Auburn.

In the most recent rankings, Georgia (9-1) remained at No. 4. Surprisingly, Texas A&M (7-3), which Georgia plays on Saturday, stayed unranked despite being placed at No. 23 in the Amway Coaches Poll and the AP Top-25.

LSU (1), Ohio State (2) and Clemson (3) all took care of business, and all held onto the same rankings.

The Dawgs definitely had the most impressive win of the weekend among those teams, beating then-ranked No. 12 Auburn on the road. That victory gives Georgia three victories over top-25 teams.

According to the most recent edition of the CFP rankings, Georgia’s ranked wins include:

No. 16 Notre Dame

No. 10 Florida

No. 15 Auburn

Alabama, which lost star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for the season, remained put at No. 5.

Here is the full top-ten:

1. LSU

2. Ohio State

3. Clemson

4. Georgia

5. Alabama

6. Oregon

7. Utah

8. Penn State

9. Oklahoma

10. Minnesota

Georgia will look to hold onto that No. 4 spot on Saturday vs Texas A&M. That game is scheduled to kick at 3:30 p.m. ET from Sanford Stadium and will air on CBS.

Jerry Jeudy and DeVonta Smith named Biletnikoff Award semifinalists

Alabama Crimson Tide wide receivers Jerry Jeudy and DeVonta Smith were named two of the 12 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award.

Alabama Crimson Tide wide receivers Jerry Jeudy and DeVonta Smith were named two of the 12 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award, which is awarded to the season’s most outstanding college football receiver regardless of position.

Jeudy, who won the Biletnikoff Award last year, currently has 867 receiving yards and 9 TDs. Smith, who has also emerged as one of the offensive leaders for the Tide this season, has 1,026 yards and 11 TDs.

Besides Jerry Jeudy, the only other Alabama player to win the Biletnikoff Award is Amari Cooper, who won the award in 2014.

The winner of the Biletnikoff  Award will be announced on December 12.

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USA TODAY releases SEC power rankings – where’s Georgia football?

USA TODAY has releases their weekly SEC power rankings ahead of week 13. See where Georgia football ranks among the rest of the SEC.

The buzz around college football has been that after the South Carolina loss, Georgia controls its own destiny… and control it they have.

The Dawgs remain at No. 4 in the rankings following a 21-14 win over Auburn, and secured a ticket to the SEC Championship game.

USA TODAY’s SEC power rankings have Georgia at the No. 2 spot, dropping Alabama to No. 3 and LSU taking the No. 1 spot.

On Georgia, Horka said:

“It surely wasn’t an offensive exhibition from the Bulldogs in their big win over Auburn, but a win is a win regardless. It’s looks likely that Georgia will meet LSU in the SEC Championship game, but it doesn’t look like the Dawgs will be able to go blow for blow with Burrow and company.”

Here is his top-six in the SEC:

  1. LSU (10-0, 6-0 SEC)
  2. Georgia (9-1, 6-1 SEC)
  3. Alabama (9-1, 6-1 SEC)
  4. Florida (9-2, 6-2 SEC)
  5. Auburn (7-3, 4-3 SEC)
  6. Texas A&M (7-3, 4-2 SEC)

Georgia has one more SEC opponent in its way before the SEC Championship.

Texas A&M seems like it should be a Georgia win this Saturday at 3:30 p.m., but the Dawgs need to make sure they don’t play down to the Aggies’ level.

This game has trap game written all over it and if we’ve learned anything this year, it’s don’t take any team lightly.

For the full rankings, click here.

UGA Wire’s Jackson Fryburger predicts the College Football Playoff rankings for 11/19

UGA Wire’s Jackson Fryburger predicts the College Football Playoff rankings for 11/19

The 2019 college football season has quickly flow by, with just two weeks of regular season football remaining before conference championships take place in early December.

The pretenders and the contenders continue to sort themselves out this month, as we find out who truly belongs in the conversation for a playoff spot.

However, there’s still more to play for than just a Top 4 spot and an invitation to this year’s bracket.

UGA Wire’s Jackson Fryburger is here to break down his Top 25 for tonight, just the way you like it.

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