It was late in the first half of the Alabama-Arkansas game and the television announcers calling the game for ESPN had seen enough.
“[Alabama] look awesome,” play-by-play man Joe Tessitore said.
“They do,” analyst Todd Blackledge responded in agreement.
But then the defense buckled and gave up a last-minute score before the break, so when University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban stopped and talked to the radio reporter for the Crimson Tide Sports Network on his way to his locker room, he had a very different take.
“I'm very disappointed in the way we're playing defense,” the frustrated coach said.