Live Updates: Alabama Hosts Florida State

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- It's gameday in Tuscaloosa! Be sure to check out this story during the game for live updates from Bryant-Denny Stadium as the Alabama Crimson Tide hosts the Florida State Seminoles!

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Florida State Drive 9:

4TH QUARTER

Alabama Drive 9: Keelon Russell has figured it out, folks. The Crimson Tide's QB led a three-play, 64-yard drive, capped by his own 57-yard scramble for a touchdown.

Alabama - 40
Florida State - 28
2:15 | 3Q

Florida State Drive 8: Florida State doesn't quite go three-and-out, but the Seminoles have to punt back to Alabama, which has a lead.

Alabama Drive 8: EJ Crowell scores on a four-yard touchdown after Keelon Russell led the Crimson Tide down the field on an eight-play, 75-yard touchdown drive as the Crimson Tide reclaimed the lead.

Alabama - 33
Florida State - 28
5:55 | 3Q

Florida State Drive 7: The Seminoles had no momentum at the end of the first half, but it didn't matter, as they came out of "halftime" and marched 75 yards in just nine plays, capped by a three-yard touchdown from Ashton Daniels to Landen Thomas.

Alabama - 26
Florida State - 28
9:58 | 3Q

3RD QUARTER

Alabama Drive 7: The Tide's offense again got downfield in a hurry, going 56 yards in two plays, capped by a 16-yard touchdown to Kaleb Edwards from Keelon Russell.

Alabama: 26
Florida State: 21
0:22 | 2Q

Florida State Drive 6: The Seminoles go three-and-out and lose six yards while doing it.

Alabama Drive 6: Alabama goes 63 yards in two plays, and Keelon Russell throws a screen to Ryan Coleman-Williams, who takes it 46 yards for a touchdown! The two-point try was no good.

Alabama - 19
Florida State - 21
1:23 | 2Q

Florida State Drive 5: Ashton Daniels is picked off by Ivan Taylor.

6:02 is the expected restart time for Alabama and Florida State. We will have a 2-minute timeout in the 2nd quarter. There will be no traditional "halftime."

With 2:36 left in the first half, lightning has been detected within 8 miles of Bryant-Denny Stadium, and we have entered a lightning delay. The game can resume after 30 minutes of no lightning in the area.

Alabama Drive 5: Keelon Russell seems to be finding his rhythm, leading Alabama 75 yards down the field in 12 plays for a touchdown drive. Russell found Cederian Morgan on a slant, and Morgan caught his first career catch: a 21-yard touchdown to stop the bleeding in Tuscaloosa.

Alabama - 13
Florida State - 21
2:36 | 2Q

FSU Drive 4: Florida State continues to create chunk plays, with the Seminoles moving 75 yards in just 9 plays. Ashton Daniels capped it off with a three-yard rushing touchdown, as the former Auburn Tiger starter is nearly perfect to start the day against the Crimson Tide.

Alabama Drive 4: Alabama goes 50 yards in 9 plays, but again stalls out on offense, forcing another field goal attempt by Conor Talty. Talty's 43-yard attempt is good, as he's the only Alabama player to score so far today.

Alabama - 6
Florida State - 14
14:39 | 2Q

2ND QUARTER

FSU Drive 3: The Seminoles moved 69 yards in three plays, capped by an Ousmane Kromah 12-yard touchdown, as the Seminoles have the Crimson Tide on the ropes early.

Alabama - 3
Florida State - 14
2:12 | 1Q

Alabama Drive 3: Alabama's drive started with good field position, but the Crimson Tide couldn't capitalize on the short field. Conor Talty came on the kick a field goal, capping Alabama's 8-play, 20-yard drive.
Alabama - 3
Florida State - 7
3:37 | 1Q

FSU Drive 2: Red Morgan picks off Ashton Daniels on the first play of the drive.

Alabama Drive 2: The Crimson Tide again goes three-and-out against the Seminoles' defense, with two poor runs by Daniel Hill followed by a throw short of the sticks on third and long.

Florida State Drive 1: Ousmane Kromah carried the Seminole offense on a 7-play, 72-yard drive that was capped by an Ashton Daniels 20-yard touchdown pass to Duce Robinson.

Alabama - 0
Florida State - 7
9:19 | 1Q

Alabama Drive 1: Alabama's offense goes three-and-out to start the day, with a false start on second down hindering the Tide's drive.

1ST QUARTER

Florida State wins the toss and defers to the 2nd half. Alabama's offense will start the day.

Pregame Warmups will resume at 3:35. Kickoff for Alabama and Florida State is expected to be at 4:15 p.m. CT.

2:34 p.m. UPDATE: There is still lightning in the area. The earliest that pregame warmups can resume is 3:00 p.m.

Lightning has been detected within 8 miles of Bryant-Denny Stadium, and we have entered a delay in Tuscaloosa.

Pregame

No. 10 Alabama will kick off against Florida State at 2:45 p.m. CT on Saturday, September 19, on ABC.

Wyatt Fulton is the Tide 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.