Brian Robinson Jr. ran for a career-high 204 yards and top-ranked Alabama rolled into yet different nationalist title crippled by overwhelming the archetypal non-Power Five squad to marque the assemblage shot play-off.
Heisman Trophy victor Bryce Young threw 3 touchdown passes portion mostly avoiding Cincinnati’s standout cornerbacks and the Crimson Tide bushed the Bearcats 27-6 successful the CFP semifinal astatine the Cotton Bowl connected Friday.
It was the sixth semi-final triumph successful a enactment for the Crimson Tide.
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Alabama (13-1) has missed the four-team play-off lone erstwhile and volition effort to triumph its 2nd nationalist rubric successful a enactment and 4th successful the 8 seasons of the CFP format with manager Nick Saban.
The Crimson Tide volition play either No. 2 Michigan oregon No. 3 Georgia, the antecedently undefeated squad Alabama bushed for the SEC title, successful the title crippled January 10 successful Indianapolis.
Alabama intelligibly was doing what it could to minimise the interaction of cornerbacks Ahmad Gardner and Coby Bryant, and beauteous overmuch succeeded with Robinson pounding connected the crushed and Young throwing a batch of short, harmless passes — though helium did find deed Ja’Corey Brooks for a 44-yard catch-and-run TD connected a play distant from the standout defenders for a 17-3 pb conscionable earlier halftime.
The Crimson Tide opened the crippled with 10 consecutive runs earlier putting 3 receivers other of Gardner, who hasn’t fixed up a TD successful sum successful his assemblage career. Young recovered Slade Bolden unfastened successful the near level for an 8-yard TD walk that enactment Alabama up to stay.
With their ain dynamic backmost successful Desmond Ridder, the NFL imaginable who returned for an other play for conscionable this chance, the Bearcats (13-1) were the nation’s lone undefeated squad until facing the playoff modular bearer.
Ridder was sacked six times and extracurricular of a 9-yard tally connected the opening play of the 2nd fractional ne'er got to beryllium wounded Bama with his feet. He was 17 of 32 for 144 yards.
Young completed 17 of 28 passes for 181 yards successful the playoff game, 4 weeks aft mounting an SEC title crippled grounds with 421 yards passing successful a triumph implicit Georgia and 3 weeks aft becoming the archetypal Crimson Tide QB to triumph the Heisman Trophy.
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