Buckling up with this team is like playing red light run around. They get big leads in the first half and blow those leads in the second. Buckle. Unbuckle. They get way behind in the first half and come all the way back to take the lead only to lose the lead again late. Buckle. Unbuckle. They win a game with ease and then the next game get absolutely annihilated. Buckle. Unbuckle.
With about 1:42 remaining yesterday, I said to my wife, "Up by five and we're at the free throw line, do we win?" This time she was wrong when she said Bama would still lose. But with about 80 seconds remaining and the Tide at the free throw line once again, I still wondered how we'd snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
I said before, if anyone can do it I think AJ can. This team can't shoot consistently. But I keep watching. I'll always pull for them, but I don't have any confidence at all.