Wrong! Alabama lost those two games because of their offense. Oklahoma scored 21 points off of AJ's 3 turnovers, and the team had 1 more when they were close to scoring. Alabama's only score of the 2nd half of the Iron Bowl was an underthrown 99 yard touchdown pass. Alabama struggled offensively for 3 quarters; don't let the total yardage fool you.

On that note, Alabama's offensive failures are usually overlooked when people discuss Alabama's losses. People tend to focus on the defense sense Saban is a defensive coach, but the offense oftentimes is just as much to blame.

2012 Texas A&M: 3 turnovers and didn't discover the deep ball until it was too late. AJ underthrew two deep balls that allowed Aggie defenders to catch up and prevent touchdowns. Alabama struggled running the ball.

2011 LSU: The offense couldn't do much. 1 turnover set up an LSU field goal, and the other one took Alabama out of potentially great scoring position. The offense couldn't advance the ball deep enough to give their struggling field goal kickers a better shot at making a kick.

2010: The offense didn't do squat in the second half of the Iron Bowl. The offense didn't have a great showing versus LSU; the last touchdown was garbage points. Alabama couldn't run the ball versus South Carolina, and being unable to run effectively was a common theme of Alabama's 3 losses that season.

Do you get the picture? It is a common misconception that Saban's defensive philosophy is in need of an overhaul; in actuality, the defense kept the score manageable in several of Alabama's losses, yet the offense couldn't get the job done.

This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 6:01 pm