We should have known immediately it wasn’t Alabama’s night. That was clear from the moment sophomore ArDarius Stewart fumbled the opening kickoff against Ole Miss, a turnover that ultimately led to a Rebels field goal. Special teams miscues have had a knack for dooming the Crimson Tide in recent years—see: Six, Kick—and this fit right in line with that trend. When senior Kenyan Drake fumbled another kickoff that would eventually generate an Ole Miss touchdown, the sense that the Rebels were destined to win Saturday’s game only grew.
But apparently Tuscaloosa is not a place suited for subtlety.