TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Doubters. Yeah, Alabama has had a few.
The dynasty was dead, remember? The spread and hurry-up had passed them by.
Besides, they lost to Ole Miss, which turned out to be a playoff pretender with losses to Florida, Memphis and Arkansas. And since then, Alabama hadn’t beaten anybody worthwhile as Georgia and Texas A&M proved to be paper tigers, too.
They were shaky at home, in case you missed it, and it was only a matter of time until Jake Coker’s play at quarterback would cost them.