For the primary time in additional than a month, Alabama faces a staff that isn’t nationally ranked on Saturday.
The No. 4 Crimson Tide (5-1, 4-0 SEC) travels to fulfill South Carolina (3-4, 1-4) on Saturday in Columbia. Alabama has overwhelmed 4 straight ranked groups — Georgia, Vanderbilt, Missouri and Tennessee — and is a double-digit favourite in opposition to the struggling Gamecocks.
As former Alabama star Roman Harper famous on Saturday’s version of SEC Nation, the Gamecocks had been additionally unranked once they performed in Tuscaloosa final 12 months, and Alabama wanted a last-second interception to seal a 27-25 victory. Harper, an All-SEC security at Alabama in 2005, mentioned that one attribute will outline if the Crimson Tide can keep away from a letdown vs. South Carolina.
“The key word to that is maturity,” Harper mentioned. “You have to be a mature team. That means you know how to have a success, as long as you don’t get too caught up with also the lows of the season. And so it’s good ebbs and flows. And right now Alabama, everybody’s telling you how great you are and you are playing really well, but you still haven’t even played your best game. So that part is still out there as well.
“So putting it all together in the run game, putting it all together on the offensive side, throwing the football, but also defensively — you can be a lot better on the defensive side of football. And there’s no better team to face right now than South Carolina, who hasn’t blocked anybody the last couple weeks. But South Carolina is a dangerous team because this is the same team that everybody said you’re supposed to blow out last year and you are one pass away from losing that game.”
Kickoff for Alabama-South Carolina is ready for two:30 p.m. Central on ABC.
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