In what was all but certainly the final game for Anderson and 2021 Heisman winner Bryce Young, Alabama played to the potential that made them the preseason No. 1 team.
But because the path to victory was never linear in 2022, Saturday began with a stumble. Falling behind 10-0 saw Kansas State outgain the Tide 170-26 in the early stages Saturday. Deuce Vaughn broke off an 88-yard touchdown run to take the two-score lead with 3:26 left in the first quarter.
He managed just 27 yards on the 19 carries that followed. Four were stopped at or behind the line of scrimmage as the slippery 5-foot-6 back didn’t have a run longer than seven yards the rest of the way. But it was a 2-minute and 51-second span late in the second and early in the third quarter when things got ugly and Alabama made its point.
The K-State attempt to snatch momentum back with an onside kick to open the second half backfired. Alabama needed just three plays to make it 28-10 on a perfect pass Young dropped in the bucket for Ja’Corey Brooks. “Yeah, it was definitely a moment for both of us,” Milroe said. “Just to have that moment with him. It was definitely teary eyes, for sure. That’s my brother. We had a relationship beyond football so just to have that moment with him, that one final time, it meant a lot to me.”
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