Last year this unit earned an F, both at the halfway mark and for the season. For all sorts of ghastly reasons we won’t rehash here, including having HR escort Doug Marrone off the grounds of my alma mater, 2022 was always going to see some improvement — it quite literally could not have gotten much worse, as the Tide last year had its lowest YPC since 2007, the second-most sacks allowed in Saban’s career (41, 120th nationally), and was 111th in TFL allowed.
Enter Eric Wolford, who specializes in quick turnarounds, to squeeze blood from this deficient turnip.