Saturday’s game amounted to a welcome-to-the-Southeastern Conference moment for a Texas program set to join Alabama & Co. next season.
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Sarkisian, a former Alabama offensive coordinator, came into the game 14-12 at Texas and with just two wins in nine tries against ranked teams. He left with a doozie of a win over his former boss.Alabama’s Jalen Milroe delivered big plays passing and running, but also was picked off twice on bad decisions. He was 14 of 27 for 255 yards with a pair of touchdowns.Advertisement
Alabama didn’t grab its first lead until Milroe found Jermaine Burton — also a transfer from two-time defending national champion Georgia — in the left corner of the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown with 14 seconds left in the third quarter. That came after a fourth-down stop when Ewers couldn’t control the snap under center.Ewers answered right back with a 50-yard pass and run to Sanders. Then he promptly hit Mitchell for his 7-yarder.
Milroe and ‘Bama weren’t done. Milroe recovered a dropped snap and hit tight end Amari Niblack, who rambled for a 39-yard touchdown.The takeawayThe Horns kept up the pressure on Milroe and delivered big plays offensively. More importantly, Texas didn’t flinch on the big stage, especially in the fourth quarter on their first trip to Tuscaloosa since 1902.The offensive line was pushed around much of the night. Penalties proved costly.
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