re: Why this one was different

The light will come on for this team or it won't.

If so, there is talent enough for a NC run, especially in one of the weaker all around years of CFB at the top end of it.

If not, it may end up the biggest underachieving team since 2010. It needs some Alphas to step up on the field and hold each other accountable. Coaching is certainly a piece of it. For the life of me, I don't know how we don't adjust to aTm' blitz, why BRob isn't running the damn ball inside the 3, and how (a couple dudes down or no) the D gets exploited so often with so much team talent and speed. BUT, on-field leadership, a killer edge that attacks and wants to dominate EVERY play is missing.

MSU will be telling. I hope to see them come out focused with a chip on their shoulder and go all for 60 mins to dominate,no matter the score or which group from the depth chart is in at any point in time.

There are some big games ahead. And, Bama has to win them all to make the CFPs. Either way, I know where I'll be each Saturday and still appreciate (W or L) all the team does to offer us our couple hours of entertainment and real life outlet each week.