Well, we get the dreaded Sugar Bowl after barely missing out on playing for the National Title. In 2008, Alabama lost to Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators in the SEC Championship and wound up playing Utah in the Sugar Bowl. The Tide was flat, unfocused, and it didn’t go well.
In 2013, the undefeated Tide lost stupidly to Auburn and fell out of title contention, playing Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl. Again, it didn’t go well. The offensive line pretty much took the day off as A.J. McCarron got sacked what felt like 15 times by a guy that barely got drafted and Alabama’s OC pretty much got fired for not letting Derrick Henry run the ball.