re: How many of you would say that Alabama overachieved this year?

I thought the rankings and loft expectations were a bit too much at the beginning of the year. Alabama was breaking in a new QB. I wasn't sold on our defense, OLine, or WRs. I never considered Metchie an explosive type of WR on the edge. I knew if Slade Bolden was a starter in the slot, it would be a huge, huge downgrade from over the past four years. BRob was never going to be another Najee Harris or Josh Jacobs. I knew with a new OC and new OLine coach there would be struggles. It takes at least the second year for an OC to fully get an offense implemented where everyone is on the same page with terminology, schemes, etc.
Yeah this team has played hard and I've accepted them for what they are and appreciate what they've accomplished. After all, it's not like they are 5-5 following a championship season.
It's impossible to expect a totally dominant team in every phase every singe year and I'm happy that we are at least still strongly in the race with a young team.