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As No. 4 Alabama prepares to take on No. 1 Michigan in the Rose Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal, many fans and analysts are focusing on what the Tide has done well in order to get to the playoffs. What they aren’t focusing on is what the team has done wrong.
Mistakes can be costly, and in a game where the loser’s season is abruptly ended, there is zero room for error.
Michigan has played a perfect season up to this point, with zero losses and a conference championship. Alabama, on the other hand, has one loss to Texas on the season and has played a few very ugly games.
There’s no doubting the fact that this Crimson Tide team is one of the strongest and most talented in the nation. The key to success for Nick Saban’s squad will be to limit the number of mistakes made.
Here are five mistakes Alabama must avoid in the Rose Bowl against Michigan.
Penalties
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Here’s a fun fact: Michigan has the fewest penalty yards per game in the entire nation. Out of 130 FBS teams, the Wolverines have the absolute least with only 26.31 penalty yards per game. They have also only been flagged 36 times throughout their 13 games this season.
Alabama, however, ranks No. 55 with an average of 49.23 penalty yards per game and a total of 75 penalties enforced against the Tide in 2023. If Alabama wants to defeat Michigan, the team cannot give away free yardage to a team that will most definitely take advantage of it.
Turnovers
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Michigan is tied for fifth in all of FBS with 16 interceptions, four of which were returned for touchdowns. The Wolverines are also tied at No. 30 for fumbles recovered this season with eight.
Alabama doesn’t have a horrible record of turning the ball over, but Michigan will be doing everything in its power to take the ball out of Milroe’s…
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Author : Roll Tide Wire
Publish date : 2023-12-12 20:25:43
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