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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama coach Nick Saban held a film session with Jalen Hurts this week to point out a few things to his young quarterback.Hurts was clearly paying attention.The freshman passed for career highs of 347 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 100 yards in less than three quarters in No. 1 Alabamas 51-3 rout of Mississippi State on Saturday. It put on display the potential of a passing game that had lately seemed the closest thing to a weakness for the Crimson Tide.The freshman quarterbacks prolific performance also wiped out any concerns that the Tide (10-0, 7-0 Southeastern Conference, No. 1 CFP) would have a letdown after a bruising win at No. 19 LSU. Instead, Hurts turned in his best game and the defense denied Mississippi State (4-6, 2-4) the end zone on nine trips across midfield.Its one of the things weve been wanting to do is try to develop some confidence in the passing game, and obviously he was able to do that very well today, Saban said. He got the ball to some of our playmakers down the field and they had opportunities to make big plays.Hurts is the first Alabama player to have 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing in the same game, and he was flirting with both those milestones by halftime.The Bulldogs had been riding high after an upset of No. 10 Texas A&M, but didnt muster a threat in this one.Hurts completed 28 of 37 passes and rushed for a fifth touchdown before being replaced by Cooper Bateman late in the third quarter. The big performance was marred by an interception and fumble, but the Tides dominating defense made sure the miscues didnt matter too much.In practice, hell sling it, Alabama guard Ross Piersbacher said. Its fun to see him do that in a game. I think thats big for his confidence.ArDarius Stewart was the biggest beneficiary of the passing revival, scoring three touchdowns. Stewart gained 156 yards on eight catches, including a 67-yard sprint on a jet sweep.Mississippi States Nick Fitzgerald couldnt solve Alabamas defense after two huge games. He completed 10 of 33 passes for 145 with an interception. Fitzgerald was also held to 15 rushing yards after topping 900 total yards combined against Texas A&M and Samford.We had five dropped passes in the first half, Bulldogs coach Dan Mullen said. Thats not good when youre playing a great defense. Its not good when youre playing a bad defense, but when youre playing a great defense you cannot do those things.Alabama outgained the Bulldogs 615-274 in total yards and has won nine straight meetings.THE TAKEAWAYMississippi State: The Bulldogs couldnt finish off drives, including the two started in Alabama territory, or offer a strong follow-up to last weeks upset. Fitzgerald and star receiver Fred Ross (three catches, 23 yards) were held in check.Alabama: Hurts and the Tide got the passing game going against the leagues worst pass defense. Hurts hadnt reached 200 yards passing in the previous three games, but might have emerged from this one with a shot at some Heisman Trophy votes. The defense went seven straight quarters without allowing a point.TURNING 40Saban joined Ohio States Woody Hayes and Florida States Bobby Bowden in a tie for the most wins with a top-ranked team by any coach. Hes 40-5, matching Bowden. Hayes went 40-4-1 with No. 1 teams.POLL IMPLICATIONSAlabama should hold firm as the clear leader in the playoff and AP rankings .RUNNING HURTSHurts joined Steadman Shealy in 1979 as the only Alabama quarterbacks to rush for 700-plus yards in a season. 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Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. After three days of competition, several thousand gathered in the north part of The Forum in Los Angeles to watch the grand finals of the Call of Duty World Championship. The tournament and fan favorite OpTic Gaming was ousted, meaning many left the event. But fans in attendance witnessed another veteran Call of Duty organization, Team EnVyUs, finally take its shot at the gold.Its opponent, European team Splyce, pulled off stunning victories in the losers bracket by beating the likes of FaZe Clan, FAB Games Esports and eLevate. While an unlikely opponent, Splyce, like EnVyUs, have had a good year in their respective region.But Envy comes out with a clean 3-1 victory, and captain Jordan JKap Kaplan, a 22-year old from the small-town of Marlton, New Jersey, is showered in confetti as the team lifted its trophy in front of screaming fans.I dont know how to put it into words right now, JKap told ESPN after the win. [This is the] biggest tournament in Call of Duty history and I think its a different kind of special. Right now, we are the kings so to speak; we won the biggest tournament, and no one could take that from us for at least another year when Im assuming there will be another tournament like this.This is the second-time JKap, the winningest player in competitive Call of Duty, has taken home the Call of Duty Championship trophy. Like his peer, OpTics Damon Karma Barlow, who won the tournament in 2013 and 2014, JKap has now won back-to-back; a monumental achievement within the competitive scene. JKap remarks it was a lot of déjà vu.We kind of came in as one of the favorite teams but not the favorite team, he says. Kind of second, same as last year. Then due to some unexpected pool play, we had to play OpTic in the first round, same as last year, and beat them 3-1, same as last year. From that point forward, both tournaments were just an easy winners bracket run. Then winners bracket finals came and played the trio of Nagafen, Aqua and Faccento both years, beat them 3-2 in the winners finals.While he expected to play that trio, who are currently under the eLevate banner, again in the grand finals, he met Splyce instead. He says that after his team took down OpTic, he believed they, who have been the arguably best team throughout the remainder of the year, would make it through losers. Splyce, however, gave many a surprise, including JKap, as they made history as the first European team to make it to the grand finals of the Call of Duty World Championship.I didnt expect them to be a finals team, JKap says. When all these matches were going on and Splyce and FAB were taking down all of these North American teams, I was like, wow, these guys are serious. It was a little different [facing Splyce in finals] because they play their ban and protect system a little different than North America does, but again, we came out and played our game and thats all it takes, thats all that matters.Throughout the weekend, many fans, commentators, and analysts sang the praises of JKap. Some even called him the best player in the game, a comment which he retorts, stating that he believes his teammates are much better than he is.Im not the best player in the game, he exclaims. Im very confident in myself, dont get it twisted but I acctually like to be the worst player on my team, which I think I am; my teammates are unbelievable.dddddddddddd Their slaying ability on any given map is just unreal.But with the title of the highest earning and winningest Call of Duty pro, with nearly $500,000 in career prize earnings, JKap has definitely marked his spot in history in the game. For someone who began his competitive Call of Duty career with Modern Warfare in 2008 and only winning a few hundred dollars in online tournaments, JKaps career has skyrocketed as Call of Duty esports has evolved.Its been a great career progression for me, he says. Ive been a top player, not to sound egotistical, Ive been considered a top player since 2010. Ive been at the top for a while and if anything, I think the general consensus has been that Ive kind of declined over the years, but Im worse now than I was before. Thats all whatever, Ive won the biggest tournament two years in a row so a great career progression.Much of JKaps career has been under the EnVyUs organization, which has grown significantly in the past two years. Led by ex-professional Call of Duty player Mike Hastr0 Rufail, JKap has been with the team throughout parts of 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 in three stints.What once was a small organization that only had Call of Duty when it was founded, Team EnVyUs has rapidly expanded in the esports space and recently received investment from SeirraMaya360 and relocated to Charlotte, N.C. The team has built a training facility here, which Rufail says that 2016 Call of Duty World Championship MVP Johnathon John Perez has already put to use before the tournament.The win at the Call of Duty World Championship, for Hastr0, is one that he believes means a great deal to those who have worked with EnVyUs over the teams nine-year career.It feels like youre just giving validation to everybody who worked in this organization in the past, Hastr0 explains. Every Call of Duty pro that has come through this organization, especially the old guys, who help found the team back in the day because we started here in Call of Duty. It just brings a lot of validation to everyone who has worn our jersey. I think theyre all emotional right now, Im really happy with what weve accomplished.And while EnVyUs can now say theyre the best team in Call of Duty, the beginning of the year was a bit shaky. The team, then composed of JKap, Austin SlasheR Liddicoat, Patrick ACHES Price, and Tyler TeePee Polchow, took fifth-eighth domestically at the Call of Duty World League Stage 1 playoffs. Following that event, it added John and Bryan Apathy Zhelyazkov in place of ACHES and TeePee. Hastr0 says for the first time, his team took a different approach to how it built this championship roster.We didnt know how far we could go with it [after getting Apathy and John] but what we did was build the team on character, he explains. We were done with trying to build the team based on player skill. We just went for character first and what can we do here to develop it and try to win a championship. It was just a lot of work to get here. Now that weve won, it was just a good moment. ' ' '