As I mentioned in Friday's Inside the Tide & Tigers, I decided to make the trip up to Athens to catch the Bama game Saturday. Two top 10 teams...College Gameday....huge crowd...so I figured I'd experience that for the second consecutive week.

I also thought I'd see a another great game.

Wow! Instead I caught a total beatdown that was OVER at halftime. Words can't describe how dominate Bama was in this football game. They took a solid SEC defense...certainly not in the top tier...but nevertheless very good, and tore them apart. This was a consensus national championship contender!

Don't let Nick Saban fool you either. Did his team go to bed in the second half? Definitely...And he should be disappointed in that. But this game was never in doubt. You don't spot Saban 31 points at halftime and think you still have a legit chance to win. Even after the dogs returned the punt for a touchdown, they were still down two touchdowns in the fourth quarter with Bama about to get the ball. Next posession - Bama drives down, kicks a field goal, now it's truly over with a three-score game. Sure they starting giving up some cosmetic touchdowns and allowing some big pass plays, but they were playing a prevent defense! What do you expect?

Anyhow, no doubt this game was one in the trenches. John Parker Wilson had alll dayyy longgg to pick apart the Georgia secondary. And Matthew Stafford...forget about it...complete opposite. The guy was running for his life the entire game. Both lines for Alabama were extremely impressive.

I was talking to Chris Fowler during the game, and I mentioned to him how much harder hitting I thought the Bama defense was compared to Auburn the previous week. Being up close too I think you get a better perspective of that. I'll tell you one thing...there's a long way to go...and we still have a lot to learn about these teams...but from where I'm sitting right now, looks like Bama could break the streak this year. Big time!