Exactly 5000 days ago, the lightly regarded, unranked 5-6 UL-Monroe Warhawks went into to Tuscaloosa in Nick Saban’s first season at the helm of Alabama and handed the Tide its third straight loss.
The game was easily the most pitiful of the Saban era, as a dispassionate ‘Bama squad turned the ball over too much, didn’t run the ball nearly well enough, and let the ULM popgun attack strategically move the chains. The Warhawks hemmed in the Tide return game, even as Alabama’s special teams disappeared — PJ Fitzgerald had his worst day in a crimson uniform, and Leigh Tiffin missed a field goal. And John Parker-Wilson also had one of his least efficient games in an otherwise underrated career.…
