re: Bama National Titles / Playoff Format

This ones a little harder to defend, but 73 might have been one. Bama was extremely tight going into the ND Sugar Bowl. We basically forfeited the first quarter, then proceeded to out gain ND by almost 200 yards in the final three quarters. It took a returned kick and the only missed PAT of the year by Gant to lose that one.

This was a very great Bama squad. Give them a warm up semi and I think they roll. Those Bryant teams in the early 70's were very uptight in Bowls. The spolight was so bright on that "Game of the Century" that they we choking all over themselves coming out of the locker room.