The Really Big Week 6 Thing Was …
Alabama needed a big late play to survive … again.
Everything can be true at once about Alabama.
Is it one of the best teams in America? Of course it is. Should it be No. 1 like it is in the Coaches Poll – did you watch that Texas A&M game?
Are there massive problems that need fixing in the secondary and at wide receiver? Yeah. Is Alabama in trouble if Bryce Young can’t his shoulder 100% right? Yeah. Is the schedule a murderer’s row with at least one loss sitting out there waiting to pounce? It sure as shoot looks like it.
Beating up the Vanderbilts and ULMs of the world is fine, but the Tide needed a late stop – and maybe a break on what might have been pass interference – to survive a plucky but inferior Texas A&M.
It needed a field goal off a phenomenal drive from Young to beat Texas a few weeks ago. It struggled in the first three quarters against Arkansas. It’s surviving, but it’s not playing No. 1 well.
So no, Alabama shouldn’t be ranked ahead of Ohio State, or Georgia, or maybe even Clemson, Michigan, or maybe even Tennessee or UCLA right now – it can’t be based on the big game performances.
However, if this team gets to the College Football Playoff, are you sleeping well picking against it winning it all? Of course not, because the talent level is so strong it can overcome just about everything.
And there’s your really big thing this week. Alabama could absolutely come out and truck Tennessee 55-3 and no one would blink. However, be prepared for the possibility that Alabama might actually lose a game again. Or potentially more.
More on how wide open the College Football Playoff chase is in the What It All Means section.
– Winners & Losers Passing games, interim coaches
– Texas blew out Oklahoma Most Overrated Thing
– Quarterback injuries Most Underrated Thing
– CFP might be wide open What It All Means, Week 6