Defensively the Gators are lead by Junior Brandon Spikes. Spikes has taken Gator nation by storm, and has left lasting impressions not only on fans and team-mates but opposing players as well. In the game against Georgia it didn't take Spikes too long to become "acquainted" with Georgia's star running back Knowshon Moreno, as Spikes decleated him on the second play from scrimmage for the Dogs.
So how can this blue collar Bama team beat the flashy Florida Gators?
The Tide need not change from the formula they have used all season, pound the ball on the ground, control the clock and make stops on defense.
On top of everything I have said in order to be successful in the SEC you have to be lucky. I don't mean you need big plays o last second heroics, but you need to be injury free,and Bama has accomplished that. On top of minimizing injuries you need to have the little breaks go your way, and that's another thing Bama has had, the 3rd and shorts, or the 4th down conversion attempts, and here to Alabama is solid as well. So maybe the Tide is destiny's team.
You might say that this match up between the Tide and the Gators pits the SEC's traditional game plan and power house against the new age high powered team of the future. The Tide is winning by an out dated formula, a long forgotten recipe for victory throughout much of the nation, one that still lives in the SEC, but is rapidly fading. The game is a chance rebirth for hard nosed football, or at least a last hurrah.
The No. 1 Tide will enter this game as the underdogs, and that is what gives them the edge. The media has put so much hype into this game, I believe Florida will take the field in Atlanta looking for a coronation, but what they will get is a fist fight, one Bama is ready for.
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