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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Nick Saban wants his Alabama players to take a little break after a rugged stretch of games, so long as they dont get too comfortable.The top-ranked Crimson Tide polished off a third straight ranked opponent Saturday with a 33-14 victory over No. 9 Texas A&M in the defending national champions second Top 10 matchup in a row.The Tide (8-0, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) still have some tests ahead, but that was the stretch that seemed most likely to induce a stumble.I want the players to get some rest, relax and get healthy, but we cant be relieved, Saban said after the game. We cant be relieved that we won this game. Its a big difference in resting, relaxing and working to improve, and being relieved.Weve got lots of games against a lot of good teams coming up when we start back playing again that can have a tremendous impact on what kind of season that we have.Now the team gets an extra week to recuperate before visiting No. 19 LSU on Nov. 5. The regular-season finale against No. 15 Auburn also represents a potential challenge.Alabamas most pressing task now is to figure out how to replace injured safety Eddie Jackson. Saban said Jackson is out for the season with a fractured leg suffered on a fourth-quarter punt return against the Aggies, who came in as the only other SEC team without a loss.Jackson was a playmaker who already had returned two punts and an interception for touchdowns. The seniors backup is Hootie Jones, who has 16 tackles and three pass breakups.We all kind of took leadership roles in the secondary, cornerback Minkah Fitzpatrick said. But Eddie was the one who took over, so now its our turn to step up.It was a tough blow at the end of a three-game stretch that Alabama navigated fairly easily, including road wins over Arkansas (49-30) and Tennessee (49-10).Otherwise, the Tide emerged unscathed as the SECs lone unbeaten team while receiving all but one first-place vote in The Associated Press rankings .Texas A&M did challenge Alabama for nearly 45 minutes and even led midway through the third quarter, the deepest the Tide has trailed all season. Then Jalen Hurts hit Calvin Ridley for a 4-yard touchdown and defensive end Jonathan Allen scored on a 30-yard fumble return to grab control of the game.Challenge answered.It was the 12th touchdown Alabama has scored on either special teams or defense. That matches the number of TDs allowed by the Tides defense so far.Hurts is also directing an offense that leads the SEC and ranks seventh nationally in scoring, averaging 43.9 points per game.Alabama held Texas A&M and the leagues top rushing attack to 114 yards and no touchdowns on the ground. Quarterback Trevor Knight was sacked five times while Trayveon Williams gained only 23 yards on nine carries after coming in leading the SEC in rushing yards per game.But `Bama doesnt sound relieved to make it this far with a perfect record.We just know we had a lot of plays left out there to make, tight end O.J. Howard said. And we know theres a high standard for us and everybodys not really satisfied with this and theres a long season to go and weve just got to get better.---AP college football web site: www.collegefootball.ap.org Cheap NCAA Jerseys China . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. Wholesale NCAA Jerseys . 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PHILADELPHIA -- A jury has ruled that a Pennsylvania racetrack didnt cause harm to a man killed by lightning minutes after an August 2012 NASCAR race was stopped.The Pocono Record reports (http://bit.ly/29Qt3oo ) the jury ruled in favor of Pocono Raceway and NASCAR on Monday, finding the racetrack negligent, but not a factual cause of any harm to Brian Zimmerman.Zimmerman was killed in the parking lot outside the main grandstands of the racetrack.The suit says the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning at 4:12 p.dddddddddddd.m. The race was stopped at 4:54 p.m. and Zimmerman was killed about five minutes later.The racetrack sent out two tweets before he died advising fans to seek shelter. Zimmerman didnt have a smartphone.The racetrack didnt respond to requests for comment.---Information from: Pocono Record, http://www.poconorecord.com/ ' ' '