Bama ‘discovering a way,’ survives S

Oct 12, 2024, 03:59 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala.– Alabama was pressed to the verge of a 2nd straight Southeastern Conference upset loss.This time the Crimson Tide survived, if only barely.No. 7 Alabama(5-1, 2-1 )bungled the recovery of an onside kick to offer South Carolina one last chance, but Domani Jackson obstructed LaNorris Sellers as time expired and the Tide got away with a 27-25 win.Editor’s Picks It was Alabama’s 3rd straight game that went down to the very end, having actually beaten then-No. 2 Georgia 41-34 a

week before losing 40-35 to Vanderbilt. “Another game down to the wire, “Tide coach Kalen DeBoer said.”We’re sort of getting familiar with those.

There’s some things that we can do to ensure it does not get to that point. But we constantly speak about finding a way to win. As sometimes as it appeared like we weren’t, we did. “With 43 seconds remaining, Sellers struck Nyck Harbor for a 31-yard goal, however the Gamecocks(3-2, 1-3) stopped working to transform on their two-point effort. They recuperated the occurring onside kick, but Sellers’desperation heave toward the end zone with 13 seconds staying was intercepted at the goal line by Jackson. “We expected to win this game, “South Carolina coach Shane Beamer stated.” Nobody was can be found in here at halftime doing cartwheels since we were in a tight game with Alabama. We expected that, since we have an excellent football group. Life in this conference is really difficult.”Jalen Milroe hurried for a 7-yard goal in the fourth quarter and then struck Germie Bernard for a late 34-yard score to help Alabama make it through the scare. It was

n’t quite the emphatic rebound win they were wanting to produce.”It’s not the’ W’that we wanted,”Alabama protective lineman Tim Smith said.”It needs to have been a lot more dominant and physical, however a’W’is a ‘W, ‘man.”Milroe provided when he

had to in a game where he was intercepted two times and flagged for deliberate grounding on a sack in the end zone for a security. Facing third-and-10, he found

Bernard downfield without a defender throughout the area with 1:54 left to top a 10-play drive.” There was a lot of safe avenues and things that we talked about on that play and I think that they were aggressive in trying to play a lot of

those, “DeBoer said. “There was a deeper path and I enjoy that Jalen saw it.”Milroe was 16-of-23 passing for 209 backyards with a goal and 2 rushing ratings. Sellers was 23 of 31 for 238 lawns with 2 TDs and the final pick.The Gamecocks entered the 4th quarter with a lead and had a possibility to retake it. However Alex Herrera’s 51-yard field goal effort, which would have been a career long, was short.Milroe had actually made the most of a Sellers fumble with his 7-yard touchdown run with 10:42 left however the two-point pass failed, leaving it 20-19. He was relegated to cheerleader at the

end with the defense on the field, similar to against Vandy and Georgia.” When we speak about team, that’s an excellent example of just discovering a method as a group to just cheer on whoever’s on the field and everyone simply buying in,” Milroe said.Alabama’s 14-0 lead was whittled down to two over the last 1:37 before halftime amidst a series of South Carolina’s huge plays and Tide snafus. It included the security, turnovers from each group and Sellers’ fourth-and-9 pass to a wide-open Mazeo Bennett Jr. for a 36-yard rating.”There was some crazy stuff but our guys simply kept hanging therein,”Beamer said.