Folks. We went into that game being told Alabama had the best offensive player in America coupled with the best defensive player in America. And I truly believe one of those two players may finally deliver the first #1 overall draft pick in Bama football history.
But Saturday night changed a couple of narratives. This is not an article trying to labor the point that any dynasty is dead, although Bama hasn’t done anything of significance according to their standards since 2018 (without the help of a world pandemic). But we will point out a couple of things that have haunted this series and were exorcised Saturday night.