COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Breaking down No. 9 Alabama’s 41-23 win against No. 10 Texas A&M on Saturday:
THE BIG PICTURE: Remember when Alabama was dead, buried and gone? Those were Nick Saban’s descriptive terms, anyway, for the narrative that developed after that home loss last month to Mississippi.
Well, never mind.
We’re halfway through the season, and although Alabama has no margin for error in the College Football Playoff chase, the Crimson Tide looks very much like a team that will be in the conversation deep into November. It begins with defense. Recall how the secondary was maligned?