he said it looked as it coker was getting it. he had a few great practices in a row, and then the scrimmage came, and coker did not play it well at all. sims played great. and seemed like coker never recovered from there. >> brian: yeah i think, you know, and mental toughness as a quarterback is one of the most important things. and so he had a tough go in the scrimmage. and then the problem is, the next two weeks at practice, it continued to affect him. and when you see that as a coach, you know, you don't feel real good about putting him in the game. you're going to have adversity in the game and through the course of the season. now coker is getting more comfortable. but too much thinking at the line of kraj aof scrimmage, and decision-making has been a problem. it's a little bit surprising that he had that issue in pre-season camp. >> dave: coker rest year in practice looked good pep he was the backup to jameis winston. he got in and then injured last

season. hurt his knee. but healthy now. third down and two. and henry, close to the first down. see where they spot it at the 34 yard line, the two inside backers, kwiatkoski is teaming up on the tackle. and tonkery. but there's something to be said for experience, how teammates respond to a guy in terms of leadership, and -- >> brian: yeah. >> dave: you know, obviously arm strength, accuracy, those things are important. but having an understanding of what you're seeing pre-snap and during the play, equally important, if not more. >> brian: there's a lot of interesting dynamics to this conversation. but the fact that blake sims put in the sweat equity. he has been unselfish for his four years at alabama.

done everything the coaching staff asked him to do. and the teammates love him and follow him and go through a brick wall for him. but again, at the end of the day, can blake sims take you to an s.e.c. west championship, an s.e.c. championship and a national championship in the question is still unanswered. >> dave: i think the defense has to play better. >> brian: the defense certainly has to play better. and the special teams has to play better. b but, you know, i think he's earned another start. but they have to make a decision by the florida game. >> dave: and a fair catch made inside the 30 yard line by thompson. let's check in with robert in the studio. >> well, dave, clemson is wishing that todd gurley had made a fair catch on this kickoff return. after clemson scored back-to-back to take the lead, and gurley goes a hundred yards,

you don't get the extra credit. it's a game-tying kickoff return, tied on espn and later, mike gundy and oklahoma state, opening up against number one defending champ, florida state. it's 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific on abc. >> dave: great so see todd gurley healthy. one of the most explosive players in the country. trickett, and pulled in by smallwood. west virginia can score quick, but they would need points and then have to get the onside k k kick. two time-outs remauning. >> brian: they don't need a touchdown here. if it's fourth down, they need to kick a field goal. >> dave: trickett to the sideline, kevin white. and pushed out of bounds. stop the clock. 2:10 remaining in the half. west virginia with 390 yards of total offense. but, again, they have run 15 fewer plays than alabama. nick saban says they usually run 65, they have run 81 plays.

trickett in trouble. sacked inside the 40 yard line. a breakdown of protection, and jonathan allen there to take down the quarterback. >> brian: jonathan allen is one of those young players in the front line for alabama that his coaching staff is excited about. 6'3", 275-pound sophomore. and he's got some quicks. >> dave: third down and 18. swing pass to white. he'll get a chunk of it back here. he won't go down. tackled inbounds so the clock continues to run. and it's fourth down. >> brian: need more urgency from clint trickett. you need to get going, only 1:20 left, you need the play called and get moving. >> greg: a. >> dave: and get to the 43 of alabama or the game's over. trickett, has to throw it short, and the tide will take over on

downs. >> brian: i don't know if clint trickett knew it was fourth down. i think he took that sack, and i don't think that he knew that was fourth down. i don't know why he would throw the ball in the flat like that and get tackled. the game's over. you have to throw the ball past the sticks in that case right there. >> dave: overall, though, good showing by west virginia. not many expected them to be in the game. and so for dana holgorsen, even though it's a loss, at least there are a lot of positives for his football team going forward. and for alabama, we're going to get a look here at jake coker, finally. first rep of the night at quarterback. think he would hand the ball off. but at least he gets a few snaps. he's a mobile, alabama, native. same high school at a.j. mccarron. he has two years of eligibility left with alabama. and too many guys in the huddle. so a penalty flag. >> referee: illegal substitution

on the offense, number 13. five yard penalty, first down. >> dave: that might have been ñ first rep for stewart tonight, and perhaps his last. blake sims had the one interception, no touchdown passes. but overall pretty good, right? for a first start? >> brian: with the amount of pressure on blake sims, yeah. smile, take a breath, you can exhale. there's a lot going on with that young man. a lot of butterflies in this game. and to come out with a victory, most important, number one. and number two is to put some things on tape. you know, the last time we saw blake sims was the spring game, and it was atrocious. to get the victory, and the numbers. he made some mistakes, they weren't the catastrophic type. he can be proud of the performance he had today. >> dave: first game for lane kiffin and nick saban working

together. obviously no pre-season in college football. you have to work out the kinks in real live action. >> brian: it was interesting on the sideline. a lot more interaction than anticipated. >> dave: we didn't they we would see them as close together. and that'll do it. alabama wins it 33-23. t.j. yeldon had a couple of touchdowns on the ground. derrick henry had a score. both backs over 100 yards rushing. and a career-high for amari cooper, 12 catches and 130 yards. as blake sims wins his first start as the alabama quarterback. meanwhile, clint trickett threw for 361 yards and a touchdown. nick saban at halftime called

his defense soft. we'll see what he has to say about his defense after tonight's win. coach saban is standing by with tom. >> tom: coach, a lot of positives, a lot of negatives if the first game tonight. how would you assess the performance of the football team over the course of four quarters? >> it is what it is, we are where we are. this gives an opportunity to improve on the things we need to improve on. did a lot of good things, but also a lot of things we need to do a lot of improving on. this will give the team and the coaches and everybody else a good idea of what we need to do in the future to become a better football team. >> as the course of the game went on, you had moments offensively where you were backed up, you allowed blake sims to take control of the offense. how do you feel he managed the game? >> he managed the game better without a huddle, all right and

that's something we decide to the try. he did a better job of that. we couldn't do everything in the offense out you have that. we kind of shared it after that. i think blake settled down and played better in the second half even though he threw a pick. i thought he managed the game a lot better. >> good luck next week, coach. >> all right, thank you. >> florida atlantic next week, then southern miscellaneos, and date with a much-improved florida team and tuscaloosa. and the chick-fil-a kickoff game, alabama wins it. stay tuned, 8:00 eastern on abc, it's the cowboys classic, florida state and oklahoma state. for brian griese, tom luginbill, i'm dave pasch. so long from atlanta.

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>> saturday night, i'm walter perez, two casinos get ready to across the their doors for good. >> peco hunts for a gas odor that affect people if the suburbs. it's been a humid start from the shore to the parkway as so many of us enjoy the unofficial end of summer. no matter where you're spending nor labor day weekend. we have the sights and sounds, melissa magee is outside the studios. >> reporter: the humidity was noable in exaggeration to the yesterday, but moderate for august standards in the wake of humidity we had a lot of cloud cover overhead and the clouds

making the temperatures below average. as you look at the numbers, 78 in philadelphia. the poconos 67. trenton, 78. beach haven, 73. and sea isle 74 degrees more cloud cover than expected. if you look at satellite and radar, a lot of that moisture is staying well to the south anticipate west, there's a fair municipality of cloud cover overhead thanks to the moisture to the south and west. we mention the increase in humidity today, more noticeable as we get into sunday, how it will feel, quite oppressive by sunday with the building heat and humidity. whether at the shore are in the city. 90 in the city, at the shore, 87. in the poconos, clouds and stray

thunderstorm in the afternoon hours. coming up wool take a look at future tracker 6 and plan out the rest of the accuweather weekend. >> today's cloudy skies were not enough to keep people away from the beach. i wouldn'ti wouldn'tyou're lookc city. sharrie williams is checking things out in ocean city. >> reporter: walter it's not keeping people away, we don't need sun to have fun at the jersey shore, as long as we have the sands and good food there's sure to be a good time. >> reporter: time on the beach is time well spent. ask victoria, she is after sea shells. >> how many you think you have in there. one hundred. >> reporter: are you looking for more? >> yes.

>> reporter: squeezing in their last sights and sounds of the summer snroosm -- >> it's sad to see the summer go. but it's great that we got a beautiful weekend here. >> reporter: who's winning this game today? >> not me for that's for sure. >> reporter: lifeguards watch the surf along ocean city. >> oceancy is a good place fr the family. >> reporter: whether in the water or out of it it's beautiful. >> reporter: it's perfect for a nap and strolling on it is boardwalk and snacking on all the goodies. it's a great day tore building a masterpiece in the sand. this is serious business and takes hours of work. >> since 9:00 a.m. >> reporter: a couple of eagles fans left their mark in the

sands of time. let's hope their -- where did summer go, these girls don't want it to end. >> he with want more, we want more! >> reporter: okay, so no one is complaining, right? we want more is what the girls were saying about wanting more summer. we're hoping for better weather we'll see if that comes our way during this labor day weekend. sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, sharrie. >> reporter: switching from the shore to the benjamin franklin parkway. kenneth moten is at made in america festival. , walter, the gates opened at noon, there's a steady stream of people here, big names take to the parkway. the bud wireds made in america festival is back on the benjamin franklin parkway. 3 years and mism a is becoming a

tradition on this holiday weekend. >> love it, it's so much fun to have everybody together. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people in ascertain all types of music from more than 50 performers on stages. it's a major event built frat ground up from rapper, jay-z who made this festival by costal. people on the parkway can watch people take to the stage in downtown los angeles. here, the nationals, rapper jay cole and kanye west. >> i can't wait. it's exciting. >> i'm here for kanye west all day everyday. all day everyday! >> reporter: there's a lot of excitement, but this festival comes with a lot of the work fort city. complaints from neighbors about noise and trash and rowdiy

behavior. it's quite a an understaking which the city said causes an economic boost in the millions. made in america trying to approve it's more than the music. >> this is the first one i've had all these for people to come of an see it it's its it's really good. >> organizers say after last year's festival, united way was able to invest $300,000 into initiatives. a good lineup tonight. you can see the full list at 6abc.com. reporting onlt benjamin franklin parkway, kenneth moten. >> you can take the new 6abc.com with you this labor day weekend. that way you'll have access to radar i am annual as and the

accuweather a forecast and don't forget to check the current traffic situation before you hit the roads right there right now at 6abc.com. fewer people are celebrating the holiday weekend in atlantic city as five thousand workers preparing to lose jobs. the showboats closes tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. revel shut down monday, trump plaza plans to shut down on september 16th. hundreds of peco customers flooded the phone thriens complaining of a strong owe the car of gas. it soon spread from delaware to montgomery and bucks county. peco has seth up a command post to deal with the problem. they received 600 calls before the situation. a person was killed this afternoon in cape cape may coun. two weeks collided at route 49

and second avenue in tuck co. new jersey state phyllis police are gathering evidence to determine how it happened. police in philadelphia are looking for leads after a man's body was discovered in the middle of the road. no word at this point about a possible cause of death. annie mccormick has the story. >> reporter: i just saw a police car and saw the body laying in the street. >> reporter: this woman couldn't believe believe the scene on saturday morning. >> cops came again and i saw them putting a white sheet over him. >> reporter: police thought this was a case of a hit-and-run, the medical examiner's office believes the victim was pushed or fell from a moving vehicle. police say a passer by called 911 about 6:30. officers confirm the victim was a 21-year-old man he suffered

road rash injuries, but not broken bones. at the scene investigators collected evidence. surveillance cameras at the bills nearby intersection of 9th and the boulevard could provide clues. there are several bus stops npts area. in logan, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> the holiday weekend barbecue in strawberry mansion held special meaning for foms who lost loved ones to violence. a cookout was held in memory of her own daughter. you about the she remembered the mother killed along with her three children in feltonville. >> and let them know there's

more to life than getting hit by a car and getting shot anticipate stabbed. we gave them are a day of peace out here. >> barker invited the family of the 3-year-old killed by a stray bullet in grays' ferry. a potential break threw in the treatment of heart diaz. the luck of the irish smiled upon penn state. the eagles boot their kicker in the final rounds ever cuts. jeff skeverski has the story in sports and don't miss the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. she also right there.

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>> jeff skeverski has a check on sports and final cut day in the nfl. >> stuff decisions for the eagles. the eagles kick alex henery to the curb. they are going with parky. last year, henery was tide for 22nd in the nfl. the eagles brought in codyy parky. he had field goals from 53, 54 and 25. which factor the into the decision who keep the undrafted rookie. >> he has a strong leg which he had a an approach to it where he looked comfortable and we watched it, he came in here

arena did good in the game and in the practices. all of us would thank alex for his three years here, we owe him thanks for the way he handled everything in the last three years. >> reporter: the other surprising decisions matthew tucker and henry jose kwy w among the best backs. the eagles roster is down to 53. they could bring back to the brac squad tomorrow, interesting note with henry and curtis marsh cut today. that means the easily have two players remaining from their 011 draft class, 6 of their 7 pick also including danny watkins are gone.