Tide rolls over Spartans in Capital One Bowl

ORLANDO, Fla. - The team picked to repeat as national champions gave a glimpse of everything it could've been and more.

Too bad for Alabama it came too late.

Mark Ingram ran for two scores to break the school record for career touchdowns, and the 16th-ranked Crimson Tide rolled past No. 9 Michigan State, 49-7, Saturday in the most lopsided Capital One Bowl in the game's history.

"We just showed what we're capable of doing when we play our best football," Ingram said. "It just shows how fragile a season is."

The 2009 Heisman Trophy winner had 59 yards rushing on 12 carries and a 30-yard reception against the team he rooted for as a kid, Greg McElroy threw for 220 yards and one touchdown and the game got so out of hand that the Crimson Tide (10-3) pulled most of their starters early in the third quarter. Ingram also moved past Shaun Alexander's mark (41) with 42 career touchdowns.

The margin of victory topped East Texas State's 33-0 victory over Tennessee Tech in the 1953 game, then known as the Tangerine Bowl. The bowl dates to 1947.

"We were out-coached, we were outplayed and we were outphysicaled and that's just the way it is," said Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio, who worked under Alabama's Nick Saban when he was the Spartans' coach. "Sometimes, you get an avalanche come on you and that's just what happened."

The Crimson Tide found the end zone on their first five possessions, held the Spartans (11-2) to 171 total yards and sacked Kirk Cousins four times in their most dominant performance all season.

Cousins had 120 yards passing and one interception, and Edwin Baker was held to 14 yards rushing for a Spartans team that felt snubbed by the BCS after sharing the Big Ten title.