It's probably going to happen one Saturday between now and Dec. 3. It almost happened last Saturday in Oxford, Miss.
The other quarterback is going to lead a last-minute drive. The other kicker is going to make a game-winning field goal. The other team is going to make a play you don't see every day, and Alabama is going to lose a football game.
Through three games, the Crimson Tide has looked good enough at times in all three phases to suggest it'll run the table for the first time since 2009. At other times against USC, Western Kentucky and Ole Miss, Alabama has looked vulnerable enough to conclude it'll continue one of the more remarkable stats of the Nick Saban era.