You always hear about the SEC gauntlet with regard to football, but the Alabama Crimson Tide is in the midst of a gauntlet of their own at the start of the conference season. The Tide has traveled to number two Florida, hosted number 18 Kentucky, and traveled to number six Arkansas in the first three weeks of SEC play. Bama battled in all three series, with a chance to win each, but has only been able to pull one win per weekend thus far. After mauling Arkansas on Friday by a score of 12-1 the Tide had and lost leads in losing on Saturday (9-6) and Sunday by a score of 5-4.