Creature Vs. Creature: A Crimson Tider on the SEC Championship Game

2) The Tide play their game.

Several things must happen throughout the course of the year for a team to go undefeated, and so far all of those things have come for Alabama.

First, to continue undefeated a team cannot make foolish mistakes.

Now I’m not saying 'Bama has been perfect this year, but their record is. As a team, overall, they are perfect. That may all fall apart come Saturday, but I have witnessed this team go through the season with very few penalties. In fact, they average just four penalties a game for an average of 35 yards per contest.

Only three times in 12 games have the Crimson Tide committed more penalties than their opponents. Those games were Tulane, Kentucky, and Mississippi. In all three games they struggled.

Penalties can be huge; they can be game changers. If 'Bama can eliminate the penalties, they will do just fine.

Second, to continue undefeated a team cannot turn the ball over.

Again, only three times this season has the Tide committed more turnovers than they have gotten from their opponents. In fact they are plus-nine in turnover ratio this season. A good team doesn’t turn the ball over, and they take advantage of their opponents by taking the ball away.

Florida knows this very well, also, as they are great in the turnover ratio. In fact, they are making everyone else look like amateurs at taking the ball away and keeping it to themselves with a whopping plus-21 turnover ratio! Let there be no questions, Florida will take it if 'Bama gives it up, something that may be key to this game.

A third factor that helps, but is not something you can practice for nor can you predict is the injury factor.

Alabama has been very lucky to have come through the season with as few injuries as they have, and with the slight degree of severity of the few they have sustained. 'Bama looks healthy, and Florida is a bit worn. Can this play into the game come Saturday?

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