Original sentence: Alabama defensive lineman Marcell Dareus, the same player who had knocked McCoy out of the game, gathered it in and powered 28 yards for a touchdown to give Alabama a 24-6 lead at halftime.Texas had closed the Alabama lead to 24-21 on the strength of two touchdown passes caught by Senior WR Jordan Shipley and a #2 ranked defense that had held Alabama scoreless in the second half, and had just taken possession deep in their own end with 3:04 left to play
Edited sentence: Alabama defensive lineman Marcell Dareus, the same player who had knocked McCoy out of the game, gathered it in and powered 28 yards for a touchdown to give Alabama a 24-6 lead at halftime with a punishing stiff arm to Gilbert and a perfectly executed spin move to avoid being tackled.Texas had closed the Alabama lead to 24-21 on the strength of two touchdown passes caught by Senior WR Jordan Shipley (one of which was a blown coverage by Alabama's tenacious defense) and a #2 ranked defense that had held Alabama scoreless in the second half, and had just taken possession deep in their own end with 3:04 left to play