Reply #32: It got better. There was a bad stretch there when I posted that.

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Clearly the deciding factor was McCoy not being there. It even affected Bama's offense, as Saban tried to burn clock more than move the ball for a while. It changed everything.

Great game, finally. Ingram reminds me of Emmitt Smith. He doesn't look special, but in the end he's killed you. I keep thinking "Why aren't they tackling him, why are they trying those weak arm tackles?" until he kept doing it over and over and I realized he was making them miss. That's exactly what watching Emmitt was like, and he was only (arguably) the greatest RB in the history of the game.

A couple of teams that did themselves proud despite some weak points along the way.