This was a classic mixed bag for Alabama's defense Saturday afternoon.
Obviously, the win matters most. At 45-23 over Texas A&M, it wasn't close from the middle of the second quarter on. Another number might not sit as well as the top-ranked team processes this game.
Three hundred and ninety-three yards.
The Aggies rolled up just seven short of 400 yards on a day Alabama's defense faced easily its greatest test of the season. It shutdown Ole Miss' big-time passing game a week earlier, but Week 4 was a real challenge.
Perhaps the one thing that kept this from being more of a game was the third-down turning points.