Here are three takeaways from Alabama's loss to Vanderbilt in Nashville.
The symbolic warning of the trap game to come, the rat-trap reminder fell on deaf ears. No. 1 Alabama put together an uninspiring performance, looking nothing close to the team that beat Georgia a week ago. Consider the rat poison consumed.
Then Alabama couldn’t get out of its own way far too often. The lowest point of the first half might not have been the pick six. Instead, that honor could go to the penalty called on the Crimson Tide for “illegal numbering.” Alabama had stopped the Commodores on third down, but having two number 2s on the field for the punt return led to a Vanderbilt first down. It extended the drive that eventually ended with another Vanderbilt touchdown.
Add another play to the mistake file from the third quarter: Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe connected with Germie Bernard on a deep pass on a third down in UA territory. But it was called back because Milroe was just over the line of scrimmage, making it an illegal forward pass.A week ago, a failure to get fourth-down stops kept the Alabama defense on the field often longer than it should have been. Against Vanderbilt, the problem became third downs.
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