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Mark Ingram gets emotional at the podium after winning the Heisman Trophy in the closest race of all time! Awesome football moment.
If you were thinking just for a moment with Texas up 6-0 early, they have the momentum, Colt McCoy, Jordan Shipley a large fan base on hand and another BCS Championship to come. Enter into the picture Alabama’s Defensive Tackle Marcell Dareus and Texas’ Freshman Quarterback Garrett Gilbert. Dareus responsible for Gilbert being inserted into the game by giving Texas’ Quarterback Colt McCoy a jolt to his right shoulder so fierce that he had to leave the game. Gilbert trying with all his natural ability to fulfill the shoes of the All American McCoy, struggled the rest of the first half. Texas’ ineffectiveness to move the ball seemed to fuel Alabama to turn to their strength, their running game! Mark Ingram ran for 90 yards with a touchdown and Trent Richardson got 49 of his 66 first half yards with a nice bursting TD run. Gilbert finished the half 1 for 10 with the worst of it coming with 15 seconds left. He somehow managed to botch a shuttle pass in which Dareus managed to handle for himself took it back for a 28 yard td interception to put Alabama up 24-6 at the half. One thing Texas had figured out was to keep Alabama’s Quarterback Greg McElroy in check 3 for 5 with 38 yds passing and sacking him 4 times.
Nearing the end of the third Quarter you may have got the thought that the game was just a matter of time. McCoy still out and the Texas’ offense with Gilbert was just not getting it done. Alabama just using the ground and the clock with a couple of ineffective passes trying to win with the lead they had. However Gilbert began to find his talent which got him to Texas in the first place, by throwing a pair of touchdown passes to Jordan Shipley to get Texas to within 3 poiunts,24-21 with 5 minutes to go. The Texas defense then stayed relentless keeping McElroy’s passing totally ineffective. With 3 minutes to go,their defense rising to the moment, Texas now had a chance. Alabama desperately looking to put the term “Momentum Shift” into their favor found a way. With the ball at the Texas 17 yard line, Alabama’s Eryk Anders blindsided Gilbert who fumbled the ball to the 3. First Down Bama! The Crimson Tide had turned! Their Heisman winning Running Back Mark Ingram followed that with a 1yd driving touchdown to put Alabama up by10 popints, 31-21. The game sealed for wagerers who gave the 4+ when Alabama turned another interception by Gilbert into another Touchdown ending the game. Alabama ended up with over 200 yards on the ground with Ingram and Richardson getting over a 100 each. With all that has happened in tonight’s game, one has to feel for the Texas Longhorns who put up a huge fight to stay in this when their Heisman candidate QB McCoy went down. Everyone would share the sentiment that with McCoy in the game the out come might have been different or at least more respectable than 37-21 score.
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