By: Larry Burton
Alabama’s last three games were nightmares for Nick Saban. Though Saban is trying to wrap his arms around having a high scoring offense, he’d still rather win a game 17-3 than 52-41. Alabama’s last four games of the season saw a team that had averaged giving up just 14 points a game go from bad to worse.
They gave up 21 points against Auburn, 28 to Georgia, 34 to Oklahoma and then 44 in the loss to Clemson. Whether it was the grind of a long season taking it’s toll, facing better quality teams or whatever, the facts are there that in the end of the season, Alabama’s defense lacked the BAM that it had enjoyed for much of the early part of the season and fixing that is mission one this spring.