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No. 10 Alabama struggles mightily on offense in ugly 17-3 win over South Florida

No. 10 Alabama got back in the win column on Saturday, but it wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t pretty at all.

The Crimson Tide, coming off a disappointing loss to Texas, went down to South Florida as 34.5-point favorites and only came away with a 17-3 win. This is a USF program that won a combined four games in the last three seasons and was outgained by Florida A&M last week, albeit in a win.

Nonetheless, Alabama could barely move the ball. Nick Saban opted to bench Jalen Milroe in favor of Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner, but Buchner played even worse than Milroe did last week when he threw two ugly interceptions vs.