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‘Bama/Gators SEC title game looks like massive mismatch

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Talk about a mismatch. Alabama’s defense is the best in the nation. Florida’s offense looks like one of the worst. They’ll face off Saturday in the Southeastern Conference championships game, with the top-ranked Crimson Tide (12-0, 8-0 SEC) heavily favored to lock up its third straight trip to the College Football Playoff with a victory over the No. 15 Gators (8-3, 6-2). Alabama has not given up a defensive touchdown in 17 quarters, a span that covers its entire November…

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Top 2 unchanged in AP Top 25; FSU 9th, Gators 19th

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Clemson and Alabama remained at No. 1 and No. 2 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 poll released on Sunday. Only four of the remaining 23 teams remained in their positions from last week. Florida State finished in the ninth position and the Florida Gators only dropped one position to 19th following their 29-15 loss to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. North Carolina wound up 10th after the Tar Heels’ lost to Clemson in the ACC Championship Game.…

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Florida has faced good backs, but ‘Bama’s Derrick Henry may be the best

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Want to know who ought to vote for the Heisman? Antonio Morrison, that’s who. And Jon Bullard. And Keanu Neal. And Vernon Hargreaves. And Bryan Cox Jr. And all the rest of the Florida Gators. In the year of the running back, it all went through them. Leonard Fournette. Then Dalvin Cook. Now Derrick Henry. Think about it: If Georgia’s Nick Chubb hadn’t been injured, the Gators would have faced the first-, second- and fifth-rated running backs in the nation.…

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