Bama has lost a game...
It was a game that started in stunned disbelief. It ended in utter disbelief. For the second consecutive week the proud Alabama defense was left torn and tattered. The coach wearing the Superman S on this chest was named Sumlin and not Saban. For all Alabama fans it was a world turned upside down.
This time the offense failed to deliver the win. It was not through lack of effort. Alabama's offense got down to the TAM 2 yard line and was ready to score the winnng touchdown. Exactly why it didn't happen really doesn't matter. A hundred things had occured prior to McCarron's final pass of the night. Any number of those things could have spelled winning and not losing. It really would serve no purpose today to even talk about those things. All that matters is the Crimson Tide lost a game. If it makes any difference it did take the best player in the SEC to make it happen. Johnny Manziel is the most exciting, dynamic, and skilled player in the SEC. What he did to Alabama's defense in the first quarter was like knowing Jack the Ripper had come back to life. Before the Tide could blink they were behind 20-0. It proved to be a lead that Alabama could not overcome.
You must give the Alabama defense some credit in the last three quarters for finding themselves and setting down. Slowly, the defense started to show some dominance. Anything A&M got after halftime was earned. The defense only gave up 9 points in the 2nd half. The defense gave the offense a chance to win.
And as bad as Alabama started they were down only 20-14 at halftime.It looked for all the world that the Crimson and White would come out in the second half and win. Only it didn't happen. Alabama fans might take some solace in the fact that there was once again no quit in this team. Despite how deep the ditch that Alabama dug for themselves in the first half they fought back Only this week was back was to the 2 yard line and not the endzone. Just like last season the team must now hope for an improbable sequence of events that might somehow get them into the national championship. It isn't impossible. Southern California could almost single handedly make that happen. That means Alabama fans must pull for Lane Kiffin. Ironic.
The sad truth is that voters in the polls do not want an SEC team, Alabama in particular, to win another national championship. I think Alabama would knock the paint off the helmets of both Notre Dame and Kansas State in head to head matches. It's possible that the Tide might play one of those teams the last game of their respective seasons. Whether it is for all the marbles is just not likely. Lightning can strike twice in the same place after all. The Crimson Tide fans all believe in lightning. After all, they had seen lightning in the form of Johnny Manziel rip and roar through Alabama with amazing ease. Anything is possible.
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This time the offense failed to deliver the win. It was not through lack of effort. Alabama's offense got down to the TAM 2 yard line and was ready to score the winnng touchdown. Exactly why it didn't happen really doesn't matter. A hundred things had occured prior to McCarron's final pass of the night. Any number of those things could have spelled winning and not losing. It really would serve no purpose today to even talk about those things. All that matters is the Crimson Tide lost a game. If it makes any difference it did take the best player in the SEC to make it happen. Johnny Manziel is the most exciting, dynamic, and skilled player in the SEC. What he did to Alabama's defense in the first quarter was like knowing Jack the Ripper had come back to life. Before the Tide could blink they were behind 20-0. It proved to be a lead that Alabama could not overcome.
You must give the Alabama defense some credit in the last three quarters for finding themselves and setting down. Slowly, the defense started to show some dominance. Anything A&M got after halftime was earned. The defense only gave up 9 points in the 2nd half. The defense gave the offense a chance to win.
And as bad as Alabama started they were down only 20-14 at halftime.It looked for all the world that the Crimson and White would come out in the second half and win. Only it didn't happen. Alabama fans might take some solace in the fact that there was once again no quit in this team. Despite how deep the ditch that Alabama dug for themselves in the first half they fought back Only this week was back was to the 2 yard line and not the endzone. Just like last season the team must now hope for an improbable sequence of events that might somehow get them into the national championship. It isn't impossible. Southern California could almost single handedly make that happen. That means Alabama fans must pull for Lane Kiffin. Ironic.
The sad truth is that voters in the polls do not want an SEC team, Alabama in particular, to win another national championship. I think Alabama would knock the paint off the helmets of both Notre Dame and Kansas State in head to head matches. It's possible that the Tide might play one of those teams the last game of their respective seasons. Whether it is for all the marbles is just not likely. Lightning can strike twice in the same place after all. The Crimson Tide fans all believe in lightning. After all, they had seen lightning in the form of Johnny Manziel rip and roar through Alabama with amazing ease. Anything is possible.
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