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Originally Posted by Saul Good
Doesn't change the fact that it could have just as easily been upheld. You're acting like it was a beating. It was a close loss to the number one team in the country. It is their only loss all year. If they get into the playoffs by going 11-1, they won't have backed in.
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They won't have won their division or conference, and Alabama let their foot off the gas significantly in the second half. That game was never in doubt.
It's also a good example of why garbage time scores matter to perception. Them scoring with 15 seconds left had no effect on the outcome of the game but it allows their advocates to suggest that they were closer than they really were.
You saw how Alabama's defense engulfed them. Prescott threw 48 times and averaged less than 6 YPA. Their running game was completely dominated as well.
That was a sound defeat, and their three best wins came against teams with a combined 11 losses to this point.