It says a lot that in the immediate wake of a 19-point conference loss, there is still plenty of talk about the possibility of a playoff berth. For one thing, it says that Alabama is one hell of a brutal monstrosity of a football machine. That losing by three scores doesn’t even knock you out of the top ten and it fails to quell postseason aspirations.
It also says that Texas A&M is a pretty damn good football team in its own right. Saturday was far from a perfect effort, and the team led on the road in Tuscaloosa well into the third quarter.