re: This game confirms Alabama isn’t a true contender

I remember back in 2006, I was living in Gainesville, FL. I went to a bunch of Florida games that year, because I could easily get free tickets. I remember mid season, telling a friend, "if this is the #3 team in the country, then it's a sad state of college football."

They win the national championship that year with Chris Leak and freshman Tebow. We almost beat them with Shula that year in Gainesville.

So no. OP needs to quit being such a pussy. Teams have bad games, nobody is deep anymore, and we just played a rivalry game (where anytime can happen). It's not the strongest team we've had, but we're still contenders.