“I gotta take full ownership (of the loss),” Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe said. “When it comes to communication up front, communication to the guys around, I gotta do better.”
“We seem to not make the right call as coaches or the right play from time to time in critical moments, and that’s kind of been the story the whole year,” said Auburn head football coach Hugh Freeze.
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The College Football Playoff future for both programs is on the line Saturday with Alabama and Tennessee each having a loss already this season.
Auburn coach Hugh Freeze and Missouri counterpart Eli Drinkwitz got to know each other years ago through Gus Malzahn, who served as a mentor of sorts to both of them, and they have only grown closer now that they’re together in the SEC.
Despite Alabama’s struggles to beat unranked South Carolina, the Crimson Tide remains No. 7 in the AP Top 25 College Football Poll before heading to Knoxville to face now-No. 11 Tennessee.
Kareem Keye threw for 326 yards and four touchdowns and Alabama State pulled away from Mississippi Valley State for a 54-17 win on Saturday.
No. 7 Alabama was able to hold off South Carolina 27-25 with an interception after allowing the Gamecocks a chance at handing the Crimson Tide its second straight SEC loss.
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Alabama will host South Carolina on Saturday, a week after losing to Vanderbilt just after being ranked as the No. 1 college football team in the country.
