TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama has proven that it’s the class of the Mountain West Conference.
Now it’s on to the SEC.
The top-ranked Crimson Tide followed last weekend’s 41-10 dismantling of Fresno State with a 41-23 dumping of Colorado State on Saturday night inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama, now 3-0, will play the first of seven straight games against Southeastern Conference foes this week when the Crimson Tide visit Vanderbilt, which also is 3-0.
“I was pleased with the way we started out fast in this game on both sides of the ball,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said, “but we didn’t sustain that, and we didn’t finish the game like we needed to. We certainly tried to play some other players, but we didn’t do a very good job functionally and really kind of let them back in the game.”
Crimson Tide defenders were not happy with Saturday’s performance, as the Rams racked up 391 yards, had nearly 34 minutes of possession time and converted 10 of 17 third-down opportunities into first downs.
