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    Last year, Florida was ranked second entering the game, but defeated Alabama and then Oklahoma to win the national championship. "This team had a totally different challenge from last year's team ... Last year's team had a different motive. They wanted to prove that they could be good. If we wouldn't have won this game, we would not control our destiny as to whether we could get to Atlanta and win the West or not. So I'm extremely pleased and happy that we won the West and we now control our destiny in terms of what else we can accomplish and what else we can do." Alabama clinched the division with the old-style football that had carried it to a No. 1 ranking three weeks ago: a punishing ground game led by tailback Mark Ingram, an effective passing attack engineered by Greg McElroy and a stifling defense. Full Article at Montgomery Advertiser
    This team had a totally different challenge from last year's team ... Last year's team had a different motive. They wanted to prove that they could be good. If we wouldn't have won this game, we would not control our destiny as to whether we could get to Atlanta and win the West or not. So I'm extremely pleased and happy that we won the West and we now control our destiny in terms of what else we can accomplish and what else we can do.
    Nick Saban – Nick Saban SOURCE: Montgomery Advertiser 1 month ago
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    SOURCE: Montgomery Advertiser 1 month ago

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