The Tuscaloosa News
For one quarter, Alabama football had a strong upper hand. In the end, Alabama was using that hand to cling desperately to the cliff.
Alabama did hang on, barely, to win 31-29 at The Swamp in Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday. It was the second straight season that Alabama had faced its sternest test against Florida.
The question this year, unlike in 2020, is whether sterner tests await.
A 21-3 lead in the first quarter seemed comfortable enough, the usual case of Alabama going through its paces.