re: Can we just acknowledge for a second that the Austin heat/turf slowed down the Tide?

Sure but they were good. I don't see why people have to qualify everything if someone gives a team a compliment. Oklahoma under Riley has had some incredible offenses. If you say that someone has to come out of the woodwork to be like "WELL THE DEFENSE SUCKED"..... ok dude, 1) we know and 2) we weren't talking about that