If you didn’t catch it, Nick Saban said after the game that the team responded this week by finally putting together a full 60 minute game. The Tide shut out Kent State (thanks to some help from replay officials) 48-0, with the bench players getting time for almost the entire second half.
The first drive of the game by the Tide was a conglomerate offense that was both reminiscent to the Tide offense of the early Saban years and with the influence of more modern concepts. It was an eight play drive, consisting of only one pass attempt: an eight yard-dump off pass to the running back.