Ty Simpson is not playing his best, no ground game, the offensive line is giving up pressure, defense exhausted...and the Tide fights back and still wins.
"Who do the Tide have this week?"
"South Carolina."
"That'll be easy."
I heard that at least a dozen times this weekend from fans and spent way too much time explaining to them that Alabama usually plays down to its competition and that this was a perfect trap game. It will be closer than you think, I kept replying—way too close.