It's easy to forget the national title game's opening series of the second half. Brief at three plays, the Alabama possession ended with one of the low points that January night.
Already down 13, the three-and-out concluded with starting left tackle Jonah Williams on the turf, clutching his leg in pain. Rolled up on a sack of Tua Tagovailoa, the offensive line's best player was done for the night.
What came next buried that first drive in the avalanche that was Alabama's comeback from the dead. True freshman Alex Leatherwood came off the bench for his first meaningful playing time of the season in a rookie performance also overshadowed by the quarterback.