Alabama had no Nick Saban to save it, no ferocity and none of that "hard edge" – whatever that means – that we heard about in the preseason.

Alabama's fearsome defense is nothing but a memory.

Thomas Castellanos can talk all the trash he wants after backing up comments about Alabama.

Thomas Castellanos stands 5 feet, 11 inches tall, but he’s planted atop a mile of moxie. From that perch, the Florida State quarterback boldly boasted this summer that the Alabama Crimson Tide don’t have Nick Saban to " save them " anymore, and that Alabama’s defense didn’t stand a chance of stopping him.

He told no lies. In fact, he might have undersold it.

Alabama had no Saban, no ferocity and none of that " hard edge " – whatever that means – that we heard about in the preseason.

Castellanos

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