Alabama under new head coach Kalen DeBoer is not going in the direction it predicted before the season and Bama fans just forget about their playoff hopes! After what they have done recently, there’s no shame in saying that. Facing a 24-3 embarrassing loss to an unranked Oklahoma? Seriously, that’s just pathetic. Boy oh boy, Oklahoma is the same team that faced five losses this season and still beat the Tide? All that and still looking at Alabama’s CFP picture, they are still the highest three-loss SEC team currently riding on No. 13. That’s really interesting. But do the experts of this sport also think the same way?

Have you heard

Heather Dinich‘s recent revelation while she went on the ESPN college football show’s latest episode? Well, you should pay attention to what she’s pointing out. “You’ll see the twelve seeds bumped out Alabama. I had three losses Alabama as my number twelve ranked team, but they would get bumped out for the fifth highest ranked conference champion, which crazy is Arizona State. “

Well, can you recall a single episode when Heather Dinich’s predictions went wrong? Because we don’t! Does that mean the playoffs are a long-lost story for the Alabama Crimson Tide? It looks like that because the majority of the Alabama team’s flaws were exposed last Saturday while Arizona State showcased their worth after their heroic win against BYU.

Although the Bama has been a juggernaut in the college football world, the 2024 season is filled with glaring vulnerabilities of the Tide. And more recently, the Oklahoma Sooners were the ones exposing their blunders. After watching that game, it was evident that the blueprint for winning against Alabama is not too hard: play keep away, take an early lead, and crush their offense by pressuring their QBs. Yeah, these were some of the things observed by ESPN analyst Greg McElroy.

“Alabama has an obvious Achilles heel,” says Greg McElroy

“You play; keep away. You keep their offense off the field,” McElroy said. As per him, the Crimson Tide faced difficulties so far this season when forced to play from behind. “They’ll probably get a little impatient, and they’ll probably get a little one-dimensional.” He then explained that Alabama’s O-line melts like Swiss cheese when they can’t control the game. So against the sooner they only had four possessions till the first half.

McElroy discussed what their quarterback, Jalen Milroe, was doing in the game by explaining that he played poorly; there’s no other say in that but he was not the only problem they faced on Saturday night. The wide receivers were as guilty as him. McElroy believes that it was Ryan Williams’s worst performance so far. Not only him but TJ Dupree was found not hanging on the pigskin. As a result of a shaky offense, Oklahoma’s defense dominated throughout the game. So if Alabama hopes to learn from their mistakes, they’ll need to figure out how to stay focused when the game falls out of their hands.