This isn’t a shot at the talent on the roster or the coaching staff. The Bulldogs will go to their sixth consecutive bowl game and have averaged just over seven wins a season over the past five years. Those are remarkable achievements for the program. But most fans fail to realize that there is a big gap between being a seven- or eight-win team and a 10- or 11-win team. While the numbers are close on the number tree, the road to get there is much further.
Alabama won 31-6 Saturday, the Tide’s eighth consecutive victory in the series.