Initial Impressions From the Ole Miss Game

Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY SportsThe Tide lost an error-filled game, 43-37.

I guess sometimes the script gets flipped on you.

Think back to the 2009-2012 seasons when Alabama would simply show up, play virtually mistake-free football, and wait for the other team to kill itself. Yeah, about that...

Take nothing away from an Ole Miss team that kept coming at Alabama all night long. Robert Nkemdiche was his virtually unblockable self, the veterans in their secondary showed up big, Chad Kelly persevered against a nasty pass rush and made the plays he needed to make - particularly in the fourth quarter when Alabama had made the game close and placed all the pressure on his shoulders. That should…