Last season, Alabama truly started and rolled through most of the season like a true Crimson tidal wave, burying opponents so deeply by halftime they simply lived up to an old Saban mantra, they “made their ass quit”.
Alabama broke scoring records, yardage records on offense and just looked like a darn Juggernaut that couldn’t be slowed down or stopped. At least until the end of the season and here’s where this article’s theory takes hold.
During the first 75% of the season, hardly anything went wrong for Alabama. But that was because the first 75% of the season was much easier than the end, the toughest games were in those last four games.