NY Times · Dec 2, 2019
‘It’s Going to Hurt’: A Football Playoff Without Alabama
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AUBURN, Ala. — As thousands of delirious Auburn fans poured over the hedges, turning a football field into a dance floor on Saturday night, there was a different scene playing out in a far corner of Jordan-Hare Stadium.
One by one, University of Alabama football players, in their familiar white uniforms and crimson helmets, trudged toward the tunnel entrance tucked away in the northeast corner. Christian Harris, a freshman linebacker, looked shellshocked. Trevon Diggs, a senior cornerback, wore a thousand-mile stare. Henry Ruggs III, a junior receiver, draped a towel over his head.
