TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- For seven and a half minutes, the scoreboard in Bryant-Denny Stadium looked like a mirage.
Alabama was actually losing? This couldn’t be true. Not the No. 1 team in the country. Not to an FCS team, Chattanooga.
But in fact the Mocs did hold a brief 3-0 lead over the undefeated Crimson Tide. Nothing was going right, as Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts fumbled for the seventh time this season and star linebacker Reuben Foster found himself in the locker room dealing with an injured hand. It was the first time Alabama trailed in a game since a nearly month ago against Texas A&M.