Perhaps the loudest cheer on a steamy Tuscaloosa afternoon came with 8:52 left in the second quarter.
Alabama, well on its way to a 57-7 pounding of Arkansas State, had a familiar issue in an uncommon place. Not one, but two extra points drew nothing but iron in the first quarter Saturday.
So Joseph Bulovas' entry for a perfect point-after midway through the second quarter brought what could only be called a Bronx Cheer from the almost-full Bryant-Denny Stadium crowd.
For all the struggles in Alabama's kicking game, extra points have been fairly automatic. From 2008-2017, Alabama's bade 97.