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How did Alabama football fare vs. Mercer?
A week after Alabama football’s dominant performance against the Miami Hurricanes, they faced a new challenge. This week, the question wasn’t whether or not the Tide could beat the Mercer Bears. They had to beat complacency.
Alabama hasn’t lost to an unranked opponent since Nick Saban’s first year with the Tide. They’ve never lost to an FCS team with Saban in charge. Alabama wanted to prove to themselves that they could dominate against any type of opponent, which changes the grading scale.
In a normal game, you would assume many A+ performances if you win by 31.