COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The night seemingly had all the hallmarks of another brutally efficient performance by the nation’s top-ranked team.
Alabama opened the third quarter with a nine-play, 75-yard drive that ended with Jalen Hurts’ 8-yard toss to Henry Ruggs III, increasing its lead over Texas A&M to 24-3. That extended the Tide’s run to 149 points without allowing a touchdown. Kyle Field, swollen with 101,058 maroon-clad, towel-waving fans, had steadily grown quiet -- and conspicuously emptier -- over the course of the evening.
Yes, just another ho-hum beatdown of a SEC opponent.