Alabama football is in a quandary.
As the College Football Playoff Rankings show ran across television screens, the committee placed the Crimson Tide in the three-hole sandwiched between a torrid LSU and an underrated Penn State squad. The Crimson Tide are not the media darlings this season. Critics poke holes in their “weak” schedule, inexperience on defense, and life without Tua taking snaps from the center.
Alabama can play with an underdog mentality and prove to the world how underestimating them fuels their unquenchable fire for the remainder of the season. Another position Saban and Alabama have never experienced in the College Football Playoff existence is controlling their destiny.