Alabama football has yet to find an answer for the state of Tennessee this season. After a four-game winning streak to open the 2024 campaign, the Alabama Crimson Tide unexcusably lost on the road against the Vanderbilt Commodores for the first time in more than half a century. Fast forward two weekends later, and Alabama again went on the road, visiting the Tennessee Volunteers in an eventual 24-17 loss. In the first year of the post-Nick Saban era, the Tide traveled to Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee, as favorites, failing to win either game as they are now 5-2 following Saturday’s loss.
Alabama nursed a late 17-14 lead, but continuous defensive miscues in the secondary, unjustifiable personal foul penalties, and untimely turnovers, and Tennessee stormed back for a monumental victory. With the Crismon Tide likely done in terms of the College Football Playoff, Alabama football fans are up in arms following their latest defeat.
Fans Erupt After Alabama Football Drops Second Game in Three Weeks
According to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports:
Alabama has two losses through its first seven games. That happened once under Nick Saban (his first season in 2007).
For the first time since Nick Saban’s inaugural season with Alabama football, the Crimson Tide have suffered two losses before the conclusion of October. On Saturday, while playing for their College Football Playoff lives against the Tennessee Volunteers, the Alabama Crimson Tide took a 17-14 lead with 13:56 remaining in the fourth quarter. Following a failed drive by Tennessee that featured numerous misfires from UT passer Nico Iamaleava, Alabama went three-and-out before Tennessee finally answered with a go-ahead touchdown. Iamaleava again missed open receivers deep, but a defensive holding on third down kept the drive alive, with the former five-star recruit finally firing a dart for a 16-yard score.
Alabama received three more offensive drives, each with an opportunity to retake the lead or tie the game. However, the Crimson Tide failed to covert on third or fourth down, with quarterback Jalen Milroe throwing an interception on the team’s final offensive play. The SEC power also went for it on 4th-and-22 with less than two minutes remaining following a personal foul penalty on wideout Kendrick Law. Many Alabama football fans, especially those critical of new first-year head coach Kalen DeBoer, did not mince words when putting the head coach and program on blast following the defeat:
You think DeBoer will take the team to Outback for dinner this week, get em used to the grub for their bowl game in January? pic.twitter.com/j1T3TPUGeX
— Tom Smith (@stars_at_night) October 19, 2024
Appreciate what Milroe has done and staying this season but we gotta try a new QB
— SPG (@SPG9814) October 19, 2024
that was pathetic
— Marc Colcer (@marccolcer) October 19, 2024
The players do not have no discipline in critical situations at Alabama. They might wanna unretire Nick Sabin.
— Handsome346CREATURE (@Handsome3461) October 19, 2024
This Alabama team is so unseriously ran, 15 penalties and it cost them the game. Nick Sabin would’ve never had the program like this
— 🃏 уul 🇧🇬 (@siryungyul) October 19, 2024
The party is over for Alabama
— Rachel (@allthedogspleaz) October 19, 2024
Kalen DeBoer destroying what Nick Saban built at Alabama in just 7 games is impressive.
— AYwriter (@ayle813) October 19, 2024
deboer needs to stop coaching like he’s in the pac 12, this is alabama
— Elias (@7saile_) October 19, 2024
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