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Bray Hubbard gives surprising take on Alabama's defensive struggles against Indiana

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If you ask Bray Hubbard, matching Indiana's physicality wasn't the reason Alabama's postseason run came to a crashing end in Pasadena.

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Despite what the final scoreboard read in Pasadena at the 2026 Rose Bowl, Alabama safety Bray Hubbard didn't walk away feeling like the Crimson Tide defense was outmatched from a physicality standpoint after being trounced 38-3 by No.1 Indiana on Thursday.

"I really think we matched their physicality really well," Hubbard said to reporters. "We played really physical; there were just some things like a misfit in gaps that opened up the seam, and that's what they hit.