SDS: Alabama will ride defensive dominance to final four

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Heavy is the head that wears the crown; it’s funny how the narrative tends to change at the drop of a dime when you’re perennially the best.

For the now 6-1 Alabama Crimson Tide, a razor-thin loss to an extremely formidable Ole Miss Rebels squad, coupled with a 14-13 victory over the the University of Arkansas, provided critics and pundits alike with the necessary ammunition to proclaim the Tide’s dynasty to be in full-on collapse mode.

A far cry from two weeks prior when Bama was the toast of the town after a 42-21 domination of the University of Florida — where everything seemed to be in sync.

The chatter, centered mostly around quarterback Blake Sims and offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, will be quieted down (at least for a week) after Alabama took the Texas A&M Aggies out behind the woodshed and delivered a thoroughly convincing 59-0 butt-whipping in Tuscaloosa.

While the rhetoric may change on a weekly basis, in regard to Sims and the offense, one thing has remained constant: The Alabama defense is playing as well as its ever played under head coach Nick Saban.

That’s a scary thought, people. For the rest of the conference, that is.

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