I’m not up on FCS teams and the offensive schemes they run, so you’ll have to excuse me if I thought this was the type of game where Alabama football quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s work would be done by the end of the first half. I only have every other game this season, prior to LSU at least, as evidence that the Tide would have a comfortable lead going into halftime.
So on Monday when I heard that Alabama would be defending a triple option-style offense on Saturday, memories of 2011 and tinhorns flooded my brain. That day in November, one of the greatest Tide defenses ever gave up over 300 yards on the ground to then-FCS Georgia Southern.