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Alabama Football: Time to get back to the basics

The overreaction to week one's embarrassment is full speed ahead as expected, but right now, the best thing for Alabama football is to get back to the basics. A team is only as good as its offensive and defensive lines allow it to be. Instead of worrying about Kalen DeBoer's buyout amount, this is where the focus needs to be.

Florida State manhandled the Crimson Tide on both sides of the ball, and that is where the game was lost from the get-go. The lack of a pass rush or being able to stop the running game in any key situation made Gus Malzahn look like a genius, and Thomas Castellanos was far too confident in every third and fourth down situation on Saturday.