More AP college football: and Sign up for the AP’s college football newsletter. 8 Tennessee in its first game against a Top 10 team. Texas A&M has an open date before visiting South Carolina on Oct. Johnson watched from the sidelines in warmups. Young came out for warmups with the team and took snaps alongside the other quarterbacks, but didn’t throw passes. It will be interesting to see how voters view the Tide’s own close call. Linebacker Jaylen Moody missed the game with a bruised kidney.Īlabama swapped spots with Georgia after the Bulldogs had a near-miss against Missouri. But the offense showed late signs of life in a gutty performance that fell just short.Īlabama: The dynamic passing game with Young wasn’t evident, but the grind-it-out run game was effective but for the array of mistakes. 6 ranking and hopes of SEC and national contention. Texas A&M: It was another blow for an Aggies season that started with a No. The defense then forced Alabama into a three-and-out, setting up one more shot for King and the Aggies. The Aggies settled for the kick after twice getting flagged for false starts trying to go for it on fourth-and-long. Texas A&M cut it to 24-20 on Randy Bond’s 46-yard field goal with 3:32 left. Once again, the Aggies hung ever so close with the top team, a 23 1/2-point favorite. Another unranked Texas A&M team handed Alabama its only regular-season loss last year, then Fisher went no-holds barred in response to Nick Saban’s comments that the Aggies bought their top recruiting class with NIL money. Ultimately, Alabama got a double measure of revenge against the Aggies and coach Jimbo Fisher. The Tide had three sacks and Anderson was credited with eight quarterback hurries. King completed 25 of 46 passes for 253 yards and a pair of touchdowns with an interception but faced constant pressure. We’ll just see what progress Bryce makes.” “He’s going to live and learn and we’re going to live and learn with him. “Jalen did some good things but obviously a couple of turnovers,” Saban said. The big question now is if Young will play against No. Jahmyr Gibbs ran for 159 yards after gaining most of his 206 after Young’s shoulder injury early against Arkansas. Milroe passed for 111 yards and ran for 183, but also threw an interception and lost two fumbles. That set up one final shot from the 2 with three seconds left, but King’s pass to Stewart fell incomplete. Jordan Battle appeared to end the threat with an interception in the end zone, but Brian Branch was flagged for pass interference. Haynes King, subbing for injured starter Max Johnson (throwing hand), drove the Aggies (3-2, 1-2) 69 yards in the final 1:50 with big passes to Evan Stewart and Moose Muhammad III. But the Aggies were in a similar boat, albeit with a more experienced quarterback sub.
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