Alabama Football did what it was supposed to do against Southern Mississippi. Winning by a bunch of points did not matter. Playing up to Crimson Tide standards mattered much. The Golden Eagles are not a good football team. With such a weak opponent, the young Alabama Crimson Tide could have been flat. It wasn’t. It was not perfect either, though in some facets of the game the Tide came close.
Nick Saban focused on making explosive plays in the week after Florida. The Tide delivered them in bunches against the Golden Eagles. It didn’t take much more than 10 seconds for the outcome to be determined.