Ty Simpson walked through the gates then up to his family, standing on the left side of the path outside Williams-Brice Stadium.

His dad, Jason, gave him a hug and a few thoughts. His mom, Julie, kissed him on the cheek and squeezed him too.

Then a fan standing nearby gave her take on the game that had just happened minutes prior.

A win is a win .

That couldn’t have been truer for Alabama, and Simpson against South Carolina. The quarterback and the Crimson Tide had to muster some late-game heroics to avoid the upset, but they got it done. The journey to get to the win wasn’t pretty, but it goes down as a victory anyway.

No. 4 Alabama beat South Carolina 29-22 on Saturday, giving the Crimson Tide (7-1, 5-0 SEC) its first SEC road win over an unranked opponent in the Kalen DeBoer era

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