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Record-setter Julio Jones has 12 catches for 221 yards to set a school record for most yards in a game | 6C
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With win against Vols, Bama controls own SEC destiny | 7C
Tide’s mark of not allowing a 100-yard rusher ends as UT’s Poole runs for 117 yards | 9C
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Breakdown of each quarter | 7C
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Alabama notebook
Alabama scores 21 points in third quarter, rolls up 200 yards of offense to seal the victory | 6C
Stats Complete stats from Saturday’s game | 7C
Alabama rolls up 536 yards of offense, running game returns to form | 9C
KNOXVILLE KNOCKOUT After slow start, Alabama explodes in second half to rout Volunteers By Cecil Hurt Sports Editor
KNOXVILLE, TENN. | The game started with an eagle flying into Neyland Stadium. By the time it was over, it was more like vultures circling. Alabama left Tennessee’s carcass on top of Rocky Top on Saturday night, exploding in the second half to administer a 41-10 beating to the Volunteers. It was Alabama’s most one-sided win in the storied Southeastern Conference series since 1963, and its biggest win ever in Neyland Stadium. The No. 7 Crimson Tide got off to the slow start that has marked its recent Southeastern Conference road play, but reversed that trend in the second half, outscoring the Volunteers 28-0 over the final two periods. UA accumulated 536 total yards and got a recordsetting day from junior wide receiver Julio Jones, who caught 12 passes for 221 yards, the best single-game total ever for an Alabama receiver. “We really wanted to try and build and establish an identity,” Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban said. “I’m really proud of the way we dominated in the second half.” Jones didn’t score a touchdown in the game but had four catches of 30 yards or more. SEE ALABAMA | 9C
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Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones (8) attempts to elude Tennessee defensive back Eric Gordon (24) after making a reception during the second quarter of Saturday’s game at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. Jones had 221 receiving yards, which set a single-game school record.
Third-quarter effort is what Tide wants for entire game KNOXVILLE he “standard” Nick Saban talks about so often isn’t mythical after all. It isn’t some ethereal unicorn, or a misplaced Sasquatch ducking in and out of the Smoky Mountain hollows around Knoxville. The standard is real — and there are 15 minutes of undoctored film footage to prove it.
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It’s called the third quarter of the Tennessee game. For the past few weeks, and certainly in the first half of Saturday night’s game at Neyland Stadium, introspective Crimson Tide fans might have started to wonder if they were expecting more than their team could give. While there has never been great concern about be-
ing unreasonable when it came to expectations for the Crimson Tide, perhaps a few followers might have thought that this year’s team just couldn’t put things together. They might have thought that expecting the offense to be a cohesive, quick-striking instrument of devastation was just too much to demand. SEE HURT | 9C
Giants edge Phillies to reach World Series
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Alabama running back Trent Richardson pumps his chest after scoring on a 65-yard run in the third quarter. Richardson rushed for 119 yards on 12 carries.
Newton runs wild as Auburn tops LSU
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PHILADELPHIA | San Francisco’s in for a treat. The Giants are heading to the World Series. Juan Uribe hit a tiebreaking homer off Ryan Madson with two outs in the eighth inning and the Giants held off the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 Saturday night in Game 6 of the NL championship series. Surprise star Cody Ross and the pitching-rich Giants reached the World Series for the first time since 2002 and will host the Texas Rangers in Game 1 on Wednesday night. The Giants have never won the championship since moving to San Francisco in 1958. Slumping Phillies slugger Ryan Howard looked at a called SEE GIANTS | 3C
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Auburn quarterback Cam Newtwon rushed for 217 yards in the No. 5 Tigers’ 24-17 win against No. 6 LSU. Auburn remains the only unbeaten team in the Southeastern Conference.
AUBURN | Cam Newton and No. 5 Auburn are the last unbeaten team in the SEC. Not even LSU’s defense could slow them down. With Newton’s standard mix of power and elusiveness, a huge play from Onterio McCalebb and a stingy performance from Nick Fairley and the defense, Auburn sur vived for a 24-17 victor y over No. 6 LSU on Saturday. The host Tigers (8-0, 5-0) lead the
INSIDE ■ SEC roundup | 4C ■ SEC yardsticks | 4C
SEC West and are the league’s best chance to produce a fifth straight national champion. As for LSU (7-1, 4-1), those Tigers couldn’t slow down Newton and coach Les Miles’ latest gamble in an adventurous season backfired. SEE AUBURN | 4C