Losing hurts as every Alabama Crimson Tide fan will attest. Making the current pain worse is the infrequency of losing at Bryant-Denny. An additional shroud is the real possibility of the Alabama Crimson Tide failing to make the College Football Playoff field for the first time – ever.
Because of the LSU loss, the Alabama Crimson Tide does not control its Playoff destiny. Help is needed. It will be impossible for many Tide fans to root for Auburn this weekend, but the Tigers taking down Georgia would boost Tide Playoff chances.
Tide fans could root for LSU to lose two of its last three regular-season games against Ole Miss, Arkansas and Texas A&M.