5-star Derrick Henry picks Alabama over Georgia, Tennessee

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Elite running back recruit Derrick Henry announced he'll commit to Alabama on Friday.

Derrick Henry has committed to the Alabama Crimson Tide, as expected, over the Tennessee Volunteers and the Georgia Bulldogs. Henry made his commitment live on ESPN.

Out of Yulee (Fla.) High School, Henry is an enormous running back recruit at 6'4 and 240 pounds. He is a consensus five-star recruit on all major services, though some list him as an "athlete," because there are questions about his ability to play running back in college, as opposed to changing positions. It appears, however, that Alabama has convinced Henry that he can stay at running back.

At Yulee High School, Henry completely over-matches his competition. He is so much bigger, faster and stronger than everyone against whom he plays, that it almost seems like he is playing within a video game. Last week, Henry bested the state of Florida rushing record that had stood for 27 years by rushing for 502 yards in a single game.

While Henry does have great power, he'll have to prove that he has the lateral agility and vision to play running back in the SEC.

Recent success stories of big backs like Florida State's James Wilder, Jr. and Florida's Matt Jones, however, seem to suggest Henry can stick at running back. And Alabama certainly likes size at running back.

Henry is the 20th commitment of the 2013 class for the Crimson Tide.

This story originally appeared on SBNation.com.

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Alabama Looks solid against Tennessee

Alabama highlighting in Tennessee game was the fact that Alabama defense left a stingy 11 yards in the first quarter and 26 in the third quarter. Also were solids in the other rooms.

Alabama was based on his stingy defense and a running game. Alabama scored 26 points straight and won by 20 on volunteers. It is still undefeated.Alabama has won two in a row against Tennessee 1991.Ahora season have won three of the last four meetings between schools.

I have never been proud of our team, our players the way in which competed in the game, "said Alabama.Tennessee head coach Nick Saban is a good football team and played with much heart and a lot of hardness out there tonight." "Was a football team really well."

Alabama defense held the Vols to 173 yards in total offense at night. The Crimson Tide allowed only 36 yards in win. Alabama had sacked twice Tennessee quarterback Nick Stephens and forced seven punts.

"I think that the Defense did a very good job," safety Rashad Johnson said. "There were times that we are in difficult situations and we did a good job of keeping them out of the zone of annotation, especially early in the game.""We actually intensified the challenge and had a game quite well."

Alabama made a crucial, defensive posture once wore 6-3 in the second trimestre.Retuvieron to Tennessee for a success once they partially blocked a punt that had given possession of volunteers at the Alabama 32 yard field goal attempt. Alabama scored a touchdown on their next possession of Tennessee failed a field goal.Alabama QB John Parker Wilson hit Julio Jones for passes of 19 and 35 yardas.Glen Coffee found the end zone four plays afternoon when ran 3 yards give to the Crimson Tide advantage of ten points a couple of points before halftime.

Tennessee lost another crucial field goal and Alabama maintained their advantage of ten points.

"" This is the best us we played in my opinion, since the game Clemson,"said Saban." We play a full game today. "This was a complete game by our team today and certainly must be because I have a tremendous amount of respect to his football team".

The Crimson Tide offense held the ball for more than 35 minutes.Turned four of their chances of qualifying red zone.They were 2-for-2 fourth down conversions.

Upchurch ended 14 carries for 86 yards and a touchdown.Café ran with the ball 19 times for 79 yards and a touchdown.

Wilson said that "the manner in which we ran the ball tonight, running backs did really well,"."We could mix on the pass and stay truly balanced and come out with a good attack.""With the way in which our defense played tonight, if you only hold the ball and not make it, that we were going to win the game."

The last touchdown Alabama came in the last trimestre.Juntos put 8 works for 65 yardas.Ese touchdown occurred after a four-yard run brought the score to 29 to single 3. touchdown volunteers left his last unidad.Stephens launched a 10-yard pass to Josh Briscoe in the end zone.

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Alabama football: keys to the victory of Crimson Tide in Tennessee

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Key player

Julio Jones.As if there were any doubt, the tide sink thrown in a school record 221-yard reception in a left broken only two weeks instrumental to loosen the defence of volume in the third quarter as the tide antes.Fue pile of 200 yards and scored three touchdowns to take all the enthusiasm for the juego.A regret playing with his left hand surgically corrected, Jones played with the same physicality that has become their trademark in three seasons with the tide.

Key decision

Give him towards fuera.La Alabama offensive was sold to launch short routes in the latest games for two and a half and not piling too many points.Defences stop execution, Alabama had loosened things and kick started the second half, with deep at Julius Jones on the first play.Your receipt of 38 yards that most of the tide in position to score a touchdown, released on the offensive to return to their old ways.

Key moment

Robert LesterCon the Vols driving in the third quarter and the game still not enclosed, tide security International intercepted a pass fifth season when Matt Simms put a right in his barn near the finish line of Alabama.La tide, then drove 80 yards to put the game out of reach with a Mark Ingram touchdown run what 34-10.

Quote game

"We made a positive impact on each other tonight with the way that was released in the second half and played with the kind of intensity you need to play with play probably as good as we play throughout the year."

-Alabama coach Nick Saban.

Numbers

200

In the third quarter when they scored 21 points to activate one narrow in a blow to offensive yards to Alabama.

4

More receiving yards for Julius Jones (221) on Saturday that David Palmer (217) in 1993 to break record single-game school receiver had against Vanderbilt.

5, 6

Scores of Alabama opportunities in the red zone with four touchdowns while it was 1-for-3 with a field goal.

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Alabama football: be overwhelming favourite visit border takes no outside Crimson Tide forecast for today of the game in Tennessee

Tide vs. Vols is always tense

By Michael Casagrande

Special Ledger-Enquirer

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama, from the first half of the season, the Tennessee 2010 football team do the program list probably better.

2-4, The Vols have yet to claim a win sec

Derek Dooley recovery project can still turn a corner and provide Tennessee with something to remember this autumn. A victory over Alabama tonight at Neyland Stadium would do the trick.

No, this rivalry not going anywhere, even if forced to play back Loopy calendar for the fourth Sunday in October.Anytime the Crimson meets Orange - regardless of records or impulse: tension rises.

Being that the overwhelming favorite of visiting not seems to have removed any edge of the tide of 8 non. who enter 6–1, 3–1 in the SEC.

The handful of Alabama players with Tennessee ties have even more online tonight.

Marquis maze, Wide receiver committed with the volunteers before Nick Saban blew in Tuscaloosa and changed everything for the product in Birmingham. The reigning SEC week special teams player live with no regrets his change of opinion.

"" Yes, I feel quite well,"said.""Cannot quejarse.He won a national championship."

Incoming from Alabama Barrett Jones and Dont' Hightower grew in the State of volunteering and hear much from both sides of the importance in this game.Jones is from Memphis and is a product of a family of Crimson Tide.His father, Rex, played basketball in Tuscaloosa, but Hightower comes from Lewisburg, halfway between Nashville and the State of Alabama in half of the State line.

Even so, he not chop to run through the "T."

"I never had much interest in going to the University of Tennessee," said Hightower."They were trying to recruit me at linebacker, but at the time I was trying to play some offense.""They told me could play offense, but Tennessee type of was known to say that you could come here to play this position, but once there, you are stuck there."

Most of the players of Alabama echoed "throw the record" Saban statement when it comes to rivalry games.

Look no further than last season.

Tennessee was not set the world on a midway fire through times of Lane Kiffin brief, but the Vols came at Bryant-Denny Stadium and held the tide without a touchdown and became an armpit Terrence Cody far from knocking out plan of Alabama National Championship course in a tide 12-10 win.

A year earlier, the tide pronounced a 29-9 in which left an impression on the then-rookie defensive end Marcell Dareus Neyland Stadium beatings.

"" I can remember is so high that I could speak with the person next to me,"said.""I had to get right to Rolando (McClain) hear what I hear the obra.Es so fuerte.Los fans are abrumadoras.Tienen some large as fans we have large ventiladores.Hombre, dan, that are pretty crazy campo.Es and a real good environment to go to jugar.Me like when fans Act así.Es more fun for me".

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Summary: Tennessee vs. Alabama

Julio Jones sets record for career with 12 catches for 221 yards - a new school - record and occupied it the seventh Alabama Crimson Tide kept Tennessee victory in the game of the Conference with a beating 41-10 Vols Neyland Stadium.

Greg McElroy completed passes 21-of-32 for 264 yards for the Crimson Tide (7-1, 4-1 SEC), who won the last four meetings between schools.Trent Richardson ran for 119 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries, while Mark Ingram had 14 reeds for 88 yards and two puntuaciones.Richardson added a receiving, touchdown while McElroy ran for one.

"I feel good.""The only reason I could (get the record) was the offensive line, said Jones.""Without them, couldn't do what hice.Era a goal, but I do this week in and week out".

Alabama had recorded 536 yards of total offense and Tennessee to only 315, scored three touchdowns in the third quarter to locate the game.

Tauren Poole rushed for 117 yards and a score in 14 carries for Vols (2-5, 0-4), which still have defeated a computer program in regulation time this season.Matt Simms completed 11 of 22 passes for 117 yards and was elected outside once in loss.

"We play an outstanding football team tonight."We fought hard for 30 minutes and we scrap and fighting, "said Tennessee coach, Derek Dooley.""When came out us in the third quarter, got some great works of theatre, and we made some bad mistakes allí.Tomaron advantage with results, and then the game got away from us."

Alabama led to a 13-10 lead at halftime, but broke the game open in the third quarter.

On the first play from scrimmage, McElroy hit Jones for a 38-yard gain to gain the Tennessee 32.Ingram followed with a 12-yard run, and Jones caught a 19-yard pass to the one on the next play.From there, Ingram punches in the area of annotation for a game 20-10 1: 40 in half.

Michael Palardy failed 52 yards in the first quarter, Vols possession field goal and, after a complete on the first play of the subsequent Alabama unit Richardson rumbled 65 yards for a touchdown and a Crimson Tide 17-point lead.

Tennessee expected to return to the game by getting all the way up to the Alabama 11 before a pass Simms was selected by Robert Lester in the end zone.The Crimson Tide, gather a unit of nine - play, 80 yards that virtually sealed the result as a yard of Ingram then gave visitors an advantage 34-10 led in the fourth quarter.

A.J. McCarron, which relieved McElroy in the fourth quarter, launched a five-yard touchdown pass to Richardson half of the final stanza to take into account the final margin.

Once each team failed in his possession of opening, Tennessee uses a great work to move forward.

Alabama defense brought a blitz heavy right at the second-and-41 1 of the Vols, but the Tennessee countered with a Poole offensive run to the left. avoided a pair of defenders by racing toward down the sideline 59 yards in the area of annotation with 8: 44 left in the first.

Is the longest peak season for the vols.

Tide responded with Jeremy Shelley, 36-yard field goal and was three-and-out, which led to drive score by Alabama go-ahead.

The first and second quarters of bridge, the Crimson Tide was 59 yards on nine works of theater. 13 yards Richardson running put Alabama to oppose territory and consecutive nine yards of profits put the ball in the 28.Dos plays later, a screenshot of 14 yards per Jones took the ball to 11, and McElroy followed two carries for Richardson, with a total of 10 yards with a jump of a courtyard in the end to an advantage of 10-7 with 18 seconds after the second zone.

Shelley lost 25 yards with an opportunity to field goal to extend leadership in Alabama, but became for her a 42 yards in the final minute of the first half of a game 13-7.

Tennessee, however, was able to enter into position for 32 yards Palardy field goal just before half-time to cut the margin to three.

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Alabama football notes: Tennessee Tauren Poole first in five years to run at least 100 yards against Crimson Tide

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, it took 41 games, but an opponent of Alabama finally had a runner win 100 yards to the defence of Crimson Tide.

Tauren Poole broke the longest streak sub-triple figure running totals 6: 27 nation's left in the third quarter, when running a 3 yards placed him in 102 to spend the night. completed with 117.

Poole became the ninth to break 100 yards against the tide since 2005.

Its 59 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter, undoubtedly helped the cause, as did the final possession in the first half. ran for 36 yards on three carries for help setting up a field goal and reduce Alabama lead to 13-10.

It was fourth game courtyard Poole.Florida evolve and UAB had 23 yards this season.

41-Game streak dates back to October 13, 2007, when Mississippi running back BenJarvus green-Ellis was for 131 yards.

Earlier in the season, Trent Richardson adjusted Penn State of 17 games straight chain individual backs of exploitation in double figures.

Helmet to helmet

Had only two plays, the Saturday night for a cringe worthy casco-a - helmet hit to silence the crowd of Neyland Stadium.

Denarius Moore came to an end around on the left side of the defence of Alabama, where expected freshman cornerback DeMarcus Hatter.

Moore slipped just before it arrived sombrereros, leader with his helmet to create the violent collision that left Tennessee receiver on the lawn for several minutes before returning to the sideline.

Moore did not return to the game.

Two QBs volume

Derek Dooley promised, and the Saturday evening was followed through in.

The coach of Tennessee thrown quarterback Matt Simms after three possessions and rookie real Envoy Tyler Bray in the game to start the second quarter.

Do not go as well as the Vols were marked for illegal training, delay of game and exploitation during the first series.

Bray returned by the possession of the following and a third down can be converted with a 15-yard completion but then threw three straight incompletions to force a fourth straight punt and Simms returned to the next unit.

Attached vol Navy

The River was tame Saturday afternoon.

The fleet of ships that normally attaches outside Neyland Stadium, known as the "Vol Navy" was absent due to work at the nearby which closed locks Watts Bar dam.

Of a result, the majority of the fleet moved downstream in Chattanooga.

McCullough starts again

With still marginalized by suffering groin injury D.J. Fluker two weeks ago in South Carolina, Alfred McCullough won its second straight start right offensive tackle.

Fluker, "" redshirt freshman, made significant improvements in practice last week, but still it was "highly questionable" considered by Saban to play against Tennessee.

McCullough was appointed co-offensive in his first departure from the race week player a week ago against Mississippi.

Before the party, Kerry Murphy was announced as Damion Square instead of defensive end.

Slow start on the road

Last three SEC road games started disastrously in defence of the Tennessee marea.Contra almost prevented it.

Almost.

After celebrating the Vols to a three-and-out on his initial possession, Tennessee was 87 yards on four plays in his second touch to take an advantage of 7-0. 59 Poole-yard touchdown run provides most of the pop and everything but first quarter 20 yards Tennessee.

Auburn (final season), Arkansas and South Carolina scored with relative ease in possessions in each of three recent SEC road games opening in of the Crimson Tide.

A sellout

Slow Tennessee start to the season left large amount of seats available in some of their first games, but on Saturday night was a sellout.

Two veces.Ambos were recorded in four previous matches volunteers, multitudes of fewer than 100,000 inhabitants strive games were only two wins the Vols season, coming against Tennessee-Martin and UAB in September.

Alabama was assigned 9,500 entries in the stadium of 102, 455-seat.

Break time

Alabama you get a rest of play in each of the seven first Saturday of the season.

Like last season, bye week the tidal continues Tennessee game and precedes a great game of SEC West with LSU.

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Alabama football: Crimson Tide smokes Tennessee Volunteers

Center explodes cigars to break the tight game open
By MICHAEL CASAGRANDE
Special Ledger-Enquirer
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, a foreign smell filled the corridor outside the wardrobe of Alabama on Saturday night.
When the open oscilado door, smoke burnt since the end of a few cigars as the Crimson Tide walked to the bus on a multitude of cheering fans shiny cameras.
Who said that this rivalry has lost its flare this autumn?
By lighting up the stogies, smoked Alabama Tennessee with a second half huge win his fourth straight volunteers, 41-10 in front of a packed once Neyland Stadium.
After Q3 21-point Alabama, the exodus of Orange was the.There was no need for a blocked field goal ensuring this win over the vols.
Offensive funk which reduced the offensive of Alabama for weeks of 2 1/2, (7-1, 4-1 SEC) tide adjustment exploded in two of the first six works of the third quarter touchdowns to take the air out of the stadium-powered by a tight first half.
"" Just said that it would be more fun, guys, if we play with more intensity, "coach Nick Saban said his halftime speech." It will be much easier.It will be much more fun, and that's basically what I thought we did.
When you click by land or air, everything was again while Tennessee (2-5, 0-4) squandered their only real shots to stay in contention with one interception after the second rapid Alabama touchdown.
A couple of catches of Julio Jones he highlighted the progress of the opening of the second half as the junior played on one hand left surgically repaired rack a school record 221 yards receiving and 12 capturas.Él stranded in a 38-yard on the first play of the quarter, then a 19 yards to configure 1 yard Mark Ingram.
Then was until the game execution.
Of Tennessee drove 10 plays but left a 53-yard field goal yards of several shorts, Trent Richardson pumped life again in the ground game estancada.Su 65-yard touchdown race pushed the advantage to 27-10.
As regards cigarettes, Richardson, who rushed for 119 yards in 12 companies, was not reaching for the lighter.
"" I have that you one,"he said with a smile".But I am not going to smoke it."I just want to say to souvenir."
The capacity crowd file wasn't in droves to Ingram capped next nine-play with a jump 1 yard that put the game out of reach in 34-10 unit.
Outside of passionate halftime speech of the Saban wide receiver Marquis Maze correspond to a 10 on the meter of intensity, some adjustments were made before the tide torched the Vols for 200 yards in Q3 to finish with 536 total.
Defenders of packing in the box Vols to pause execution, leaving Jones with coverage of man on the edge, Saban said said had few options.
"" Were playing with a medium field of safety, so did a good job on him, at times, but really kind of were squatting on the routes by which had no choice but to try to throw the ball over his head, "said Saban.""Greg made some great shots, and (July) made some big shots."
McElroy completed 21 32 passes for 264 yards and was fired at once after taking 11 over the past two games.
Outside of the 59 yard universe Poole in the first quarter, the Vols had little success offensively.
However, the leadership of the tide was sliced 13-10 by rest.
The only touchdown Alabama came yards a jump of McElroy who gave an advantage of 10-7 in the first minute of the second quarter of the marea.Tuvo conform with other three goals field of which two were exitosas.Jeremy Shelley drilled vertical in an attempt to 25 yards that began with a brooch of high pressure.
That left Poole touchdown looming large.
Break through the line of scrimmage clean, running back volume froze security Mark Barron before fleeing cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick at the goal for a 7-0 lead line.
Out of the running and the unit of length that closed the first semester, the Vols made little progress against the defense of Alabama that locked up for a second week best SEC consecutiva.La score made six tackles for loss of offense and had two bags for let Tauren Poole to become the first running back opposite to break the 100 yards in 41 games brand.

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