Why, against rival Tennessee, did the Alabama Crimson Tide win by three scores, despite having no answers for two Vols?
Repeatedly on Saturday night, the Alabama Crimson Tide failed to succeed against two Tennessee players. Alabama struggled to tackle Tennessee running back DeSean Bishop and struggled to cover Tennessee wideout Braylon Staley. Bishop rushed for 123 yards and Staley caught 10 passes.
Add to those two deficiencies, until the 4th quarter, Alabama was ineffective running the football.