Well, that went about as we’ve come to expect. Every year, Alabama is blessed to play the Bulldogs one week after a war of physical and mental attrition against LSU. It’s the perfect perennial trap game, and State always succeeds in making the whole thing as ugly as possible despite rarely ever actually being in position to win it.
In the first two drives, Alabama ran the ball right down their throats off the back of new starting left guard, Deonte Brown. Then, Brown went out with injury and, simultaneously, the Tide didn’t have another good drive the rest of the game.