Well, Alabama won the SEC but they couldn’t close out with a win in College Station.
The first half of the game was almost comical. Maybe it was just the product of an 11am road game, maybe a bit of emotional letdown after clinching the SEC, but no matter the cause it was ugly. Alabama opened play with consecutive unforced turnovers, both errant passes from Jaden Bradley to Mark Sears. It was an ominous start to a half that would see Alabama somehow trail by only ten headed into the locker room despite an unfathomable 21% shooting percentage and 11% from three on 19 attempts to go with ten turnovers.