The Alabama Crimson Tide, unfortunately, ended up coming short in Saturday’s matchup versus the Tennessee Volunteers in Neyland Stadium. The high-stakes event was full of big shows. The Crimson Tide fought until the end but unfortunately ended up dropping their very first game of the new season. The Crimson team competitively competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as well as the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was additionally one of the biggest games of the 2022 college football season where the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide and No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers completed a Southeastern Conference (SEC) clash that will be remembered in the ages.
Nick Saban, the head coach of the Alabamas stated that you have gotta give them a lot of credit, as they were able to do a great job with their offense based on what we were trying to do on defense, but we, the Crimson, did not execute it well enough, unfortunately. You gotta give the Alabama players a lot of credit for attempting to fight back and also trying to get back in the game and having an opportunity to win at the end. Nick Saban also stated that they wish that they could do some things a little differently in the end. It was also additionally just the 3rd game across Nick Saban’s collegiate and professional chief coaching career where his team allowed at the very least 52 points — and the first example since a 1999 match between Michigan State and the then-No. 20 Purdue.
The 52 points achieved by Tennessee were possibly the most they have earned against Alabama in any game since Sewanee posted 54 sometime around 1907. It was the third-most points tallied versus the Tide in their program record, and the 101 collective points on Saturday, the 15th was probably the most in the rivalry narrative.
Tennessee commenced the match on a remarkable note as they were the very first team to tally a touchdown on its opening drive versus Alabama this season. Many speculated a lot regarding Alabama’s decision to hurl the ball three times before arranging a potential go-ahead kick for Will Reichard. Ultimately, the Tide finalized a field objective try that they ended up missing.
Tennessee was finally able to put an end to their 15 years era of agony at the hands of Alabama on Saturday, 15th October, 2022as the No. 6 Volunteers shook the No. 3 Crimson Tide 52-49 at Neyland Stadium for Tennessee’s first win in the rivalry since possibly 2006. Volunteers’ kicker Chase McGrath was able to drill a 40-yard field objective as the time neared its deadline to lift his squad to a roaring and rousing victory. No one was more integral to Tennesses’ accomplishment than wide receiver Jalin Hyatt, who was able to achieve an amazing school record of five touchdowns as Tennessee enhanced to 6-0 with the success. The score settled at 52-49.
The Tennessees’ achievements don’t stop there. Tennessee has gone on to beat four ranked opponents this very season (No. 17 Pitt, No. 20 Florida, No. 25 LSU, No.3 Alabama). The previous squad to have four ranked victories within their first six games was LSU in 2011 and only five other squads have achieved this feat in the AP Poll age. Hooker is also the first player with numerous games of 350 passing yards as well as five passing touchdowns in program record. Entering Saturday into account, Alabama’s season-high for points permitted in an event this season was 26 against Arkansas. Tennessee was able to eclipse that total in the first half alone with 28 points, its most in possibly any event against Alabama since 2007. This was additionally the 136th top-10 matchup in SEC history, but only one of the earlier 135 featured 100 combined points. It ties the 2013 game where No. 3 Auburn beat No. 5 Missouri, 52-49, as the greatest tallied top-10 matchup in the SEC narrative.
We are excited to see what else Tennessees’ future matches hold.
