Football is one of the ultimate team sports. One player very rarely can win a game. However, on Labor Day 2013, we saw that rare instance.
The Alabama-Virginia Tech opener in the CFA Kickoff Classic was, by the standards of that game, one of the more disappointing ‘Bama openers. Tech was coming off of a subpar season, going 7-6 in 2012, and was not even ranked entering this contest. Alabama could not be going further in the opposite direction. The Tide had posted a 25-2 record in the previous two years, having won back-to-back national titles and were heavily favored to win a third straight in 2013.