I totally get where Seth ($$) is coming from with this:
It’s weird. Alabama played poorly at times and committed a ton of penalties yet still had a chance to win the game on a field goal. On the other hand, Tennessee looked like the better team for most of the game. That win was not a fluke, and as my colleague David Ubben pointed out Monday, the Vols don’t have a one-dimensional team. They are ranked in the top 10 in run defense. Their pass defense is a legitimate weakness. But is it a fatal flaw when the offense is so great? Alabama has the reigning Heisman Trophy winner and couldn’t outscore Tennessee.
The win was not a fluke. Tennessee outplayed Alabama for much of the game. But there’s outplayed and then there’s outplayed. This wasn’t a case of Tennessee’s “A” game being superior to Alabama’s “A” game; it was more like a case of UT’s “A” game besting the Tide’s “C+” game. As Seth notes, a little better game management at the end, and it’s likely we’d all be talking about another narrow escape for Saban’s team.
What does that mean for Georgia when the Vols come calling in three weekends? The Dawgs have certainly been guilty of trotting out their “C+” game on occasion this season. What was good enough in Columbia, Missouri very likely won’t be good enough against Tennessee. I think Georgia is the better team, but I thought the same of Alabama.
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