Manuel, with 19 touchdown passes and zero interceptions. He is the nation’s third-rated passer, just behind Klein and Florida State’s E.J. With the Heisman race a bit of a jumble, especially after Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein was injured in a victory over Oklahoma State, McCarron is moving up the charts with a bullet. You can’t ask for any more from AJ McCarron.” He did exactly what he was supposed to do, made the right reads and made the right passes. “He’s always locked in for every game, but it was something different this time, this drive. “He was locked in,” said Alabama running back Eddie Lacy. McCarron needed all of 49 seconds to shred one of college football’s toughest defenses, a unit that had totally shut him down for almost the entire second half. The result was a 28-yard touchdown that won it for the Tide. Then a perfectly called screen pass to T.J. Three straight completions to get into scoring position. Thanks to McCarron, Alabama passed with flying colors.ĭown by a field goal and 72 yards from the end zone, with just 94 seconds remaining and no timeouts, the junior engineered a drive for the ages. The Crimson Tide finally got a challenge after rolling through its first eight opponents. 1 in the rankings with a stirring 21-17 victory over LSU, clearing what looks to be its most difficult hurdle on the road back to the national championship game. “Sometimes it can be a lot of pressure playing here at this university, especially with all the tradition of winning and everything.”Īlabama (9-0, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) remained perfect on the season and No. “Just so many emotions running through me,” McCarron said after embracing his parents behind the end zone. He saved the season on a Saturday night in Death Valley, and most likely propelled himself into the thick of the Heisman Trophy race. At Alabama, it will go down as a crimson version of “The Drive.”įor AJ McCarron, it confirmed what the Tide already knew - this guy is a heck of a quarterback.
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