Yahoo - Winners and Losers: Alabama's win will likely move the Tide into the CFP top

[Jenni Carlson]

Saturday turned out to be 2014's (first?) College Football Playoff moving day. Some teams, like Auburn and Michigan State, went down. Others, like Alabama, will probably move up. Before we try to make sense of all the madness, let's talk about the Crimson Tide for a moment. Throughout the second half of Alabama's 20-13 overtime win against LSU in Baton Rouge, LSU was playing keep-away from Alabama. And, for the most part, it was working. While LSU was successful in keeping Alabama's offense off the field for most of the second half, the Tigers only turned its giant advantage in plays and time of possession into two field goals, the latter of which came off an extremely short field after Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon fumbled as he twisted his ankle with 1:13 left at the Alabama 6-yard-line. And after Colby Delahoussaye's go-ahead 39-yard field goal with 50 seconds left, Alabama had one more shot. Quarterback Blake Sims drove the Tide to the LSU 10 thanks to two huge passes to Christion Jones and DeAndrew White, the first two deep passes Sims had completed all night.* An Adam Griffith field goal sent the game into overtime and Sims found White again in extra time for the game-winning touchdown. LSU had an opportunity to tie, but QB Anthony Jennings threw four-straight incompletions.

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