This is not the game Alabama football fans had envisioned when the season kicked off in Atlanta back in August. This was supposed to be Tua’s final statement in a Heisman winning campaign. It should have been a lesson for a young Bo Nix by a veteran and explosive front seven.
Unfortunately, that isn’t what the season had in store for the Crimson Tide. Injuries ravaged the linebacker corps starting with star LB Dylan Moses and Joshua McMillon, and transfers depleted already thin depth along the D-line and OLB positions. Not to mention the devastating season-ending injury to Tua just two weeks ago.