TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The scene felt so hauntingly familiar. The sing-song chants of “Roll Tide Roll,” the 100,000 fans belting out “Sweet Home Alabama” and the menacing glare of Nick Saban on the sideline.
There are few forces in sports as relentless and reliable as Alabama football playing at Bryant-Denny Stadium, an unflinching machine that’s managed more national title victories (5) than home losses (4) in the last 12 seasons. Alabama entered the day with a 31-game home winning streak, the longest in the school’s gilded history.
That’s what made the super-human performance by LSU quarterback Joe Burrow so remarkable in No.