ATLANTA (AP) — Jonathan Allen reflects on his first two years at Alabama as total flops, not even worth remembering, much less bestowed with any sense of accomplishment.
The Crimson Tide, you see, didn't win a national championship either season.
When you're in the midst of one of the greatest dynasties in sports history, that's the way it is.
To come up short of the ultimate prize — as Alabama did in 2013 with the shocking "Kick Six" loss to Auburn, or the following season when the Tide was upset by Ohio State in the semifinals of the inaugural College Football Playoff — means the season was a failure.