I am going to say it and I don't mean it against several of the good Alabama posters on here but I think we just need to laugh out loud at how bad Alabama fans are melting down about this loss:
1. Alabama sucks now
2. Defense sucks
3. Saban lost his coaching ability
4. Refs, refs, refs
5. Tennessee cheated
6. Tennessee bullied our fans after the game
7. We don't storm the field because we are special and we are Alabama
8. You celebrate when you beat us but we treat it every other Saturday when we beat you (not sure about that, but you definitely don't like to lose to us apparently)
9. Almost forgot the ref that celebrated when Tennessee scored conspiracy going on now
They are still in the damn National Title hunt and could even play Tennessee again yet they are melting down at a level that I have never seen before. They lost to Texas A&M last year and there wasn't this meltdown. What changed? Clearly it is related to who they lost to but man it is getting ridiculous at this point.
The elephant (I love the pun) in the room is that they walked into an insanely hostile environment with a fanbase that returned with a vengeance. The team was clearly rattled by it (despite what Saban is saying). Numerous players have referenced it. That led to the 17 penalties, the fumbles/mistakes, breakdowns on defense, etc.
The Heupel offense is real but I think Neyland had more to do with it than anything. Sometimes you just walk into a major ambush. I said the same thing about Oregon with Georgia in their opener. This was a major ambush for Alabama.
So you got an "L". You did around this time last year and still went to play for the title. Jeez...