LITTLE ROCK — Rereading a months-old email from an avid, well informed and most importantly, honest Alabama loyalist elevated the Crimson Tide to elite status in the annual exercise wagering Monopoly money on the over-under number for wins by SEC teams.
Until the review, there was sufficient confidence in Alabama, Florida and Texas A&M for each to merit a $20 wager, but with a hint of doubt that is a stop sign regarding the $30 max.
Included in a desktop file, the communique documented surprises at linebacker — All-American Dylan Moses deciding to come back for his senior season and Joshua McMillon getting a sixth year — and summed up expectations for the Crimson Tide defense with the unit “may not be up to the 2011 class where all 11 starters had NFL careers, but it should be salty …”
Considering Alabama’s only 2019 losses were close and occurred when eventual national champion LSU scored 46 and Auburn 48, his words prompted the self-imposed limit on the Crimson Tide to go over 10.