With a 32-31 loss at No. 10 LSU on Saturday night, No. 6 Alabama effectively ended any chance it had to make the College Football Playoff. It also marks only the second time since 2015 that the Crimson Tide have lost two games in the regular season.
The offenses got untracked after halftime, as both teams scored 25 points in the second half and overtime. After the game, Alabama head coach Nick Saban took the blame for the defense allowing that many points following the break.
“Look, I can’t blame the players,” Saban said, via Bama Central. “I’m responsible for all this stuff, so if we didn’t do it right, that’s on me, and we’ve gotta do a better job of coaching the players so that we give them a better chance to have success and when we get opportunities, we take advantage of them.”
