You can point to a number of things that lost us those games.
But one parallel I can’t shake is crunch time in the 4th quarter
2023:
We scratched our way back into the game, trailed by three with a few minutes to go. Offense had just scored a touchdown and we need one stop to maybe go win/tie the game. Can’t do it, Alabama gashes us for 30+ yards on the first play, game over.
2024:
We scratched our way back into the game, led by one with a few minutes to go. Offense had just scored a touchdown and we need one stop to win the game. Can’t do it, Alabama gashes us for 75 yards on the first play.
We can hem and haw about the last pick, the call, etc. but if we get off the field on defense there we win and give Alabama their most humiliating loss in 5+ years. If we get the ball back and win last year, we might three-peat.
Defense failed us late twice, each time for a chunk play on first down.
But one parallel I can’t shake is crunch time in the 4th quarter
2023:
We scratched our way back into the game, trailed by three with a few minutes to go. Offense had just scored a touchdown and we need one stop to maybe go win/tie the game. Can’t do it, Alabama gashes us for 30+ yards on the first play, game over.
2024:
We scratched our way back into the game, led by one with a few minutes to go. Offense had just scored a touchdown and we need one stop to win the game. Can’t do it, Alabama gashes us for 75 yards on the first play.
We can hem and haw about the last pick, the call, etc. but if we get off the field on defense there we win and give Alabama their most humiliating loss in 5+ years. If we get the ball back and win last year, we might three-peat.
Defense failed us late twice, each time for a chunk play on first down.
