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Report Card: Evaluating Alabama football in loss to Tennessee

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Report Card: Evaluating Alabama football in loss to Tennessee

Read this Alabama football report card, learn from it, then throw it in the trash. With these grades, this report card is far from refrigerator material. Alabama is struggling, and Saturday's 24-17 loss to Tennessee at Neyland Stadium is just the latest example. The Crimson Tide (5-2, 2-2 SEC) had two losses before November for […]

How Alabama's failure to play team football cost the Tide vs. Tennessee

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How Alabama's failure to play team football cost the Tide vs. Tennessee

The Alabama football offense had numerous opportunities in the first half against Tennessee. The Crimson Tide defense made sure of that. Malachi Moore forced a fumble and grabbed an interception, and Jaylen Mbakwe added another pickoff as the Alabama defense notched three takeaways before halftime. Still, the Crimson Tide didn't emerge with a single point […]

Kalen DeBoer explains Alabama's decision to go for 4th-and-22 late against Tennessee

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Kalen DeBoer explains Alabama's decision to go for 4th-and-22 late against Tennessee

Alabama football was in a tough spot. The Crimson Tide trailed by four players in the final two minutes and needed a touchdown. It had the ball at its own 18-yard line and needed 22 yards for a first down. An incomplete pass on third-and-7, followed by a personal foul on Kendrick Law, sparked the […]

Here's how many tackles Alabama football missed in the loss to Vanderbilt

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Here's how many tackles Alabama football missed in the loss to Vanderbilt

Simply put, the Alabama football defense did not play well against Vanderbilt. A group that had allowed just 11 third-down conversions in the previous four games allowed the Commodores 12 on 18 attempts. That was one of the most glaring statistics when Vanderbilt shocked then-No. 1 Alabama 40-35 on Saturday at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville. […]

Was the loss to Vanderbilt the most shocking in Alabama football history? Here are 8 more candidates

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Was the loss to Vanderbilt the most shocking in Alabama football history? Here are 8 more candidates

Alabama's 40-35 loss to Vanderbilt on Saturday in Nashville had many implications. Shocking? Absolutely. Awkward? Perhaps. Unprecedented? Perhaps. We want to research the latter in this area. Here's why it's number 1 on the list: • Alabama hadn't lost to Vanderbilt since 1984. Bill Curry never lost to the Commodores, nor did Mike DuBose or […]

Here are our grades for Alabama's No. 1 football after the ugly loss to Vanderbilt

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Here are our grades for Alabama's No. 1 football after the ugly loss to Vanderbilt

Throw this report card in the trash, Alabama football. It didn't make the fridge anyway, considering it's Vanderbilt. But now the testimony deserves to be burned, shredded and destroyed. That's exactly what's bound to happen when you allow the Commodores' offense to impose its will on you, like Vanderbilt did in defeating No. 1 Alabama […]