Crunching the numbers for Alabamaâs defense Alabama Crimson Tide defense facing off with LSU at Tiger Stadium on December 5, 2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Source: Brandon Gallego/Brandon Gallego / LSU Athletics) By Hailey Sutton | January 7, 2021 at 8:37 PM CST - Updated January 7 at 8:37 PM
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama defense has been suffocating all season, but just how well does the Tide stack up against Buckeyesâ offense; a team that averages 43.4 points per contest?
Defensive coordinator Pete Golding said itâs all about the execution.
âI donât think we ever come out of a game looking up how many points was given up, how many did we keep them to. There were several games to where we kept them low in scoring but still didnât execute, they just didnât take advantage of it,â said Golding. âSo I think the biggest thing going in is evaluating ourselves and the things that weâve got to be able to clean up and ex
As Ohio State’s Paris Johnson Jr. chases Orlando Pace, he already belongs next to Chase Young: Nathan Baird’s observations
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Ohio State center Josh Myers said if freshman Paris Johnson does not someday win the Outland Trophy as the nation s best lineman then he screwed something up.
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Three observations ahead of Ohio State’s College Football Playoff national championship game against Alabama on Monday.
Which is fine, because if everything had gone according to plan, Johnson would not have played at all in that College Football Playoff semifinal. After starting left guard Harry Miller missed the game due to coronavirus, and replacement left guard Matthew Jones had to leave the game with an injury, the Buckeyes needed someone to play left guard.
Ohio State s defense is going to have its hands full with Alabama s explosive offense led by the Crimson Tide s three-headed Heisman monster. The Tide s defense isn t exactly going into Monday night s national championship game headed for a walk in the park, either. Led by future top-five NFL draft pick Justin Fields, perhaps the best receiver duo in America in Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson and an offensive line that has been opening huge holes for the red-hot Trey Sermon, the Buckeyes offense will pose its own serious threat in Miami. One day after speaking with an Alabama offense led by players who said the Buckeyes defense would be the best we ve played this year, Â the defense took to the podium on Thursday and gave Ryan Day s crew some more glowing reviews.
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Over the past century, only Michigan has won more football games than Ohio State and Alabama, and just three victories separate the Buckeyes and Crimson Tide.
Ohio State has won 931 games; Alabama has won 928. The Crimson Tide have 15 national championships, while the Buckeyes have claimed eight.