You all saw what happened yesterday. Alabama went down to Tallahassee, started the game with an encouraging nine minute, 17 play touchdown drive, and then thoroughly imploded. It’s only one game, and plenty of hyped teams have suffered bad losses early on before going on championship runs. Perhaps Florida State turns out to be a really good team, and in November this loss doesn’t look as bad as it does in this moment.
The problem, of course, is that this coaching staff has not earned the benefit of the doubt. Is it possible that they get things turned around and that this season doesn’t turn out as disastrous as it looks today? Sure, but there is no reason for Alabama fans to feel confident in that. Yesterday’s performance just looked like a rerun of the Oklahoma and Michigan games from 2024. Allowing 31 points despite the opponent completing only nine forward passes is flat out embarrassing.
Sigh. Let’s do this…