Max
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No, the fact of the matter is Saban either canāt or won't recruit an elite quarterback to his system. The fact of the matter is Alabama has looked awful on defense in big games of late, and the days of dictating games on that side of the ball are long gone.
A team that doesnāt have a tailback that weighs more than 200 pounds; a team whose starting quarterback had never played in a game of this magnitude on the road in a wild environment, took those turnovers and turned them into 31 points.
Ole Miss seized the moment and squeezed the very life from it. Alabama, meanwhile, was left with Saban talking about having more yards, running more plays and āgivingā the other team 31 points. You know, excuses.
Again.
When Saban arrived in a somber locker room, he told his players that the season isnāt over; that the Tide lost this same game last year, fought back and won the SEC and was the No. 1 seed in the CFP.
āHe said we can do the same thing again,ā said Tide tight end O.J. Howard.
Not with this defense they can't.
There are more big games on the horizon (at Georgia, at Texas A&M, LSU, at Mississippi State); more games for the unthinkable to become the inevitable.
The decline of the champion has begun.
āThis team has too much pride to let this loss define us,ā Jones said.
The excuses already have.
More excuses as Alabama continues tumble from top of football world
A team that doesnāt have a tailback that weighs more than 200 pounds; a team whose starting quarterback had never played in a game of this magnitude on the road in a wild environment, took those turnovers and turned them into 31 points.
Ole Miss seized the moment and squeezed the very life from it. Alabama, meanwhile, was left with Saban talking about having more yards, running more plays and āgivingā the other team 31 points. You know, excuses.
Again.
When Saban arrived in a somber locker room, he told his players that the season isnāt over; that the Tide lost this same game last year, fought back and won the SEC and was the No. 1 seed in the CFP.
āHe said we can do the same thing again,ā said Tide tight end O.J. Howard.
Not with this defense they can't.
There are more big games on the horizon (at Georgia, at Texas A&M, LSU, at Mississippi State); more games for the unthinkable to become the inevitable.
The decline of the champion has begun.
āThis team has too much pride to let this loss define us,ā Jones said.
The excuses already have.
More excuses as Alabama continues tumble from top of football world
