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Alabama football suffered one of its most humiliating moments in the proud history of its blue-blooded program on Saturday when Vanderbilt stunned, shocked and embarrassed the Tide.
Tennessee, knowing misery loves company, provided rival Alabama a little comfort by losing to Arkansas.
And Missouri got unmasked as a fraud in College Station.
The playoff picture is topsy-turvy, within the SEC and beyond.
On this edition of “SEC Football Unfiltered,” a podcast from the USA TODAY Network, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams offer a playoff reset.
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First up, they react to what the Paul Finebaum, host of “The Paul Finebaum Show” on the SEC Network, told Toppmeyer about Alabama’s 40-35 loss to Vanderbilt.
What Paul Finebaum said about Alabama’s loss to Vanderbilt
Finebaum called the result “the most shocking and shattering loss I have ever seen,” in part because Alabama had just toppled Georgia the week previously.
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“I’m wondering, was this a mirage?” Finebaum said. “Did Kalen DeBoer get some secret magic sauce, and he simply used it all in the first half of the Georgia game, and now he can’t find it? It just doesn’t feel or look like the same team.”
Finebaum stressed the importance of Alabama beating South Carolina and Tennessee these next two Saturdays. If Alabama loses to either, it likely would have to navigate the remainder of the season undefeated to qualify for the College Football Playoff.
“You don’t want to play Russian Roulette the rest of the season against Missouri, against LSU, against Oklahoma, knowing that you’re out of mulligans,” Finebaum said.
And, if you’re Kalen DeBoer, you…
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Author : The Tuscaloosa News
Publish date : 2024-10-10 15:00:18
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