By: Larry Burton
To be sure, it’s not going a long hike for the Crimson Tide to get back where they want to be in 2019. While they made the playoffs last season and return a ton of talent, they still were clearly not the best team in that championship game last season.
For those who may have forgotten or for the Alabama fans who wish to forget, that final score was 44-16, so perhaps the biggest thing for the Tide to do is step up their defense. Prior to that game Alabama had not given up so many points so the gap between where Clemson’s offense and Alabama’s defense seemed pretty wide.