Bama pic.twitter.com/57y8bWlXRQ
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 6, 2014
Final SEC Championship Game with Mike Slive as commissioner today. Quite the legacy he’s established in college athletics.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) December 6, 2014
War Damn Mizzou! No No love over here!
— LaDarius Owens (@KingLO1091) December 6, 2014
lol, Bama running godless no-huddle, trader joe's coming to Tuscaloosa like next week
— SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) December 6, 2014
Kiffin trying to get Sims in a groove early. It's working.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 6, 2014
Amari Cooper—breaking ankles and Missouri's heart.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 6, 2014
As clean of a drive as you could get out of the gates. Bama 7-0, 11:24/1st
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 6, 2014
T.J. Yeldon rushes one yard for the Alabama touchdown! Tide scores first in the #SECChampionship #RollTide #BAMAvsMIZZ
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) December 6, 2014
That was quick. @ALABAMAFTBL strikes first. #SECChampionship pic.twitter.com/OFyoIFPq2n
— SEConCBS (@SEConCBS) December 6, 2014
Yeldon’s one-yard TD run extended UA’s scoring streak to 182 consecutive games – the longest streak in program history. #SECChampionship
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) December 6, 2014
Mizzou start on offense: Mauk short-arms a swing pass, WR drops a screen, Mauk nearly picked throwing against pressure. Not ideal.
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 6, 2014
We all know Mizzou needs some breaks to win this game. Not recovering back-to-back 50/50 fumbles is the opposite of breaks.
— Jerry Hinnen (@JerryHinnen) December 6, 2014
SEAN CULKIN YOU HAVE TO CATCH THE BALL
— Rock M Nation (@rockmnation) December 6, 2014
Missouri is determined to run East-West. That's not gonna work.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 6, 2014
Maty Mauk 2 of 8 for 18 yards in the early going. Two pretty bad drops, two bad throws and two desperation heaves.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
Dave Steckel brought the blitz and it did not get there. Left Kentrell Brothers on Amari Cooper. Not ideal.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
End of 1st quarter: Alabama only leads 7-0, but Missouri hasn’t been able to move the ball at all.
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 6, 2014
End of the first quarter: Alabama 7 – Missouri 0 pic.twitter.com/mhm7QwtG0L
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 6, 2014
Emo Gary Pinkel. pic.twitter.com/UYrObAi3Kb
— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) December 6, 2014
Amari Cooper is on pace for 838 catches in the SECCG, roughly.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 6, 2014
Saban turned off fatigue on Cooper's settings, totally not fair
— SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) December 6, 2014
Blake Sims' 1st deep shot falls incomplete, his 1st of the day. MU clogs the middle on 3rd and 5 and forces a 43-yard FG attempt.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
Alabama FG team gonna Alabama FG team. Might as well have gone for it, Nick. Still 7-0, Bama after a Griffith miss.
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 6, 2014
Maybe the punter should do everything for Alabama on special teams
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownCFB) December 6, 2014
Field goals are the only thing that swing left in Alabama.
— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) December 6, 2014
Putting up five times the yards and eight times the number of first downs and being up 7-0 is the most Lane Kiffin result ever.
— Pacific Takes (@PacificTakes) December 6, 2014
This is exactly what Missouri wants to do, FWIW; make it an ugly, sloppy, low-scoring affair. Alabama is assisting them in that endeavor.
— Roll Bama Roll (@rollbamaroll) December 6, 2014
Drop count: 3.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
You don't want to give Bama a short field to work with and that's what Mizzou does with a kick catch interference penalty on the punt
— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) December 6, 2014
Mizzou is doing a fantastic job in its role as “Arizona Last Night."
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) December 6, 2014
Welp.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) December 6, 2014
Such an easy score. You do have to cover guys that aren't 9. You can't just let them do stuff.
— Michael Felder (@InTheBleachers) December 6, 2014
Double move. Absolute Killer. Great play call by Kiffin. #SECCG
— Matt Hayes (@Matt_HayesSN) December 6, 2014
And with that TD, Blake Sims is the single-season passing leader at Alabama.
— Marc Torrence (@marctorrence) December 6, 2014
Blake Sims get CRUSHED after his TD pass and that's a penalty. Lane Kiffin waves hands at Mizzou bench for the cheap shot
— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) December 6, 2014
Sims with an absolute beauty to DeAndrew White on the post. Perfect TD. Bigger news: Targeting on Shane Ray, and it is CLEARLY targeting.
— Roll Bama Roll (@rollbamaroll) December 6, 2014
And that's a huge ejection. Ray leads the SEC in sacks and already had one today.
— Marc Torrence (@marctorrence) December 6, 2014
Griffith tacks on the point after to give Alabama a 14-0 lead in the #SECChampionship! #RollTide #BAMAvsMIZZ
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) December 6, 2014
Someone is going to take a chance on Kiffin this offseason. Guarantee it.
— Matt Hayes (@Matt_HayesSN) December 6, 2014
By the way, Kiffin had his hands up for touchdown before that throw too. #SECChampionship
— Matt Hayes (@Matt_HayesSN) December 6, 2014
Lane Kiffin did it again. Sims hasn't even thrown yet. pic.twitter.com/bBtTq67kv1
— Marc Torrence (@marctorrence) December 6, 2014
Wowowow what a catch there.
— Michael Felder (@InTheBleachers) December 6, 2014
What a catch by Jimmie Hunt. Mauk was just throwing that up for grabs.
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 6, 2014
Andrew Baggett is good from 33. MU got a little something going on that drive. Huge bailout from Jimmie Hunt.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
That should have been ruled a fumble and there was no review. Derrick Henry with a big run on the next play. Interesting…
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 6, 2014
(SEC replay official continues licking cheese dust off his fingers)
— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) December 6, 2014
Good presence of mind for Blake Sims to go sidearm there around a rushing Markus Golden. Alabama picks up the 1st down.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
Amari Cooper has set the SEC record for receptions in a season
— Brandon Larrabee (@TeamSpeedKills) December 6, 2014
Yeldon in for the TD. 21-3 Bama, 2:47 Q2.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 6, 2014
For people asking about the fumble in the Alabama game, they ruled forward progress and they were right. Forward progress is not reviewable.
— Mike Pereira (@MikePereira) December 6, 2014
Mizzou just not getting enough pressure on Sims now. Not having Ray in there is an absolute killer to this defense
— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) December 6, 2014
Nice creativity from Maty Mauk, working the scramble drill by Darius White to get 26 yards down the sideline.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
Jarran Reed. 6-4/315. Junior. Address: Missouri's backfield.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
Congrats 2 @AmariCooper9 on the record! Couldn't ask for a better player to represent that accomplishment! Go get my career yards too!
— Jordan Matthews (@jmattjmattjmatt) December 6, 2014
Well, only suspense in #SECChampionship is which student will chest pass their way to free tuition in the #DrPepperGiveaway
— Robert Flores (@RoFloESPN) December 6, 2014
Halftime: Bama 21 – 3 Mizzou
— Rock M Nation (@rockmnation) December 6, 2014
The record for receptions in an #SECChampionship Game is 11 (Reidel Anthony, 1996)….Cooper has 10 in the 1st half. pic.twitter.com/oA3IJlLVfV
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) December 6, 2014
MU gets the ball to start. Needs to do something with it.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
Jump ball. It’s all Mizzoou does in passing game. Been doing it all season. #SECChampionship
— Matt Hayes (@Matt_HayesSN) December 6, 2014
Jimmie Hunt is pulling some veteran moves on these Alabama corners. Got 63 on that play. Strong throw from Maty Mauk.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
Maty Mauk, Greatest 500 Player Ever
— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) December 6, 2014
What a fiasco for Mizzou. From a sure touchdown (dropped) to 4th and goal from the 1. Gotta go, Pinkel.
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 6, 2014
Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could oh thank god you finally scored
— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) December 6, 2014
Missouri scores on its first drive of the third quarter. Alabama leads the #SECChampionship game 21-10. #BAMAvsMIZZ
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) December 6, 2014
That throw was unreal from Sims. That was an NFL throw. #SECChampionship
— Matt Hayes (@Matt_HayesSN) December 6, 2014
Blake Sims gets all day to throw, DeAndrew White gets open in 1-on-1 on Duron Singleton and that's a 32-yard 3rd-and-10 conversion.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
SACK! Charles Harris with the pressure forcing Sims into Harold Brantley and Lucas Vincent
— Rock M Nation (@rockmnation) December 6, 2014
JK Scott is a serious athlete. That was a very tough play to get the punt off.
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 6, 2014
TURN DOWN FOR HUNT
— Rock M Nation (@rockmnation) December 6, 2014
Mauk scrambles, tosses up prayer, answered.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 6, 2014
Maty Mauk: pic.twitter.com/Qc0Xh6l38L
— Rock M Nation (@rockmnation) December 6, 2014
Andrew Baggett's good from 33 again and MU is within a score. Hey now.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
Mizzou showing some admirable second-half fight, as it did last week. But needed seven there, not three.
— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) December 6, 2014
Jimmie Hunt has 120 of Missouri's 140 yards this quarter.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
Great throw by Sims in a small window that still allowed Jones to protect himself.
— Michael Felder (@InTheBleachers) December 6, 2014
Lane Kiffin signaled TD mid-screen pass. It almost was
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 6, 2014
End of the third quarter: Alabama 21 – Mizzou 13
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 6, 2014
Third quarter stats pic.twitter.com/qtyW36Xf6g
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 6, 2014
Lane Kiffin motions Christion Jones to the flat, Michael Scherer marks him, trips and Jones is in for a 6-yard score.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 6, 2014
At the point in an Alabama game where you remember that watching Vikings pillage was way more depressing and boring than you think it was
— SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) December 6, 2014
Jimmie. Doing Jimmie things. 169 receiving yards.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 7, 2014
Mizzou absolutely needs a stop or turnover from the defense here. Time is running out
— Rock M Nation (@rockmnation) December 7, 2014
Herman Edwards — I mean Gary Pinkel — punts down 15 with 12:15 left. #NFLMENTALITY
— The Student Section (@TheStudentSect) December 7, 2014
Cooper with his 12th catch, SEC title game record.
— Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) December 7, 2014
Pretty play from Blake Sims, using his athleticism to scramble for 17, then the defense parts for Derrick Henry to take it 26 yards for a TD
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 7, 2014
I'd say it's officially over here in Atlanta … 35-13 Alabama
— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) December 7, 2014
That fumble pretty much sums up Missouri's offense today …
— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) December 7, 2014
Darius White holding that ball very cavalierly, J'Mon Moore can't come up with the fumble, but Landon Collins does. Alabama ball.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 7, 2014
Derrick Henry run https://t.co/lyyGXec3WV
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 7, 2014
Alabama just gashing Missouri on the ground now. 10 carries for 114 yards this quarter.
— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) December 7, 2014
— SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) December 7, 2014
Tired defense is tired Bama pulls away with another Derrick Henry touchdown. Bama 42 – 13 Mizzou
— Rock M Nation (@rockmnation) December 7, 2014
“Welp, time to check my Tinder." pic.twitter.com/GXxKn82ikT
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) December 7, 2014
The Kiffin-Sims hug is awesome.
— Michael Felder (@InTheBleachers) December 7, 2014
Victory formation: Alabama is your 2014 SEC champion. The Playoffs await. Go nuts, people. This has been a fun ride.
— Roll Bama Roll (@rollbamaroll) December 7, 2014
Photo via USA Today / John David Mercer