Cotton Bowl: Snap judgments from Alabama-Michigan State's first half

Note: The following commentary was written in conjunction with AL.com for tonight's College Football Playoff between Alabama and Michigan State. In honor of the Cotton Bowl, we've asked Alabama reporter Haley Laurence to give Spartans fans a guide to 

When Ezekiel Johnson and his mother, Elette, watched the Alabama football team play Florida this season, they excitedly watched the team's star running back: "We were talking about Mr. Henry, saying what if he ends up being a Heisman winner?" This week 

Note: The following commentary was written in conjunction with AL.com for tonight's College Football Playoff between Alabama and Michigan State. In honor of the Cotton Bowl, we've asked Alabama reporter Haley Laurence to give Spartans fans a guide to 

When Ezekiel Johnson and his mother, Elette, watched the Alabama football team play Florida this season, they excitedly watched the team's star running back: "We were talking about Mr. Henry, saying what if he ends up being a Heisman winner?" This week 

Neither Alabama nor Michigan State had crossed the other's 40-yard-line by the point midway through the second quarter when Jacob Coker uncorked a deep ball. But the intended recipient was Alabama wunderkind Calvin Ridley, and so a big play