This is an opinion column.

Alabama is going to the College Football Playoff. This is not a misprint or a reprint. After one of the more red-faced red-elephant dog-day afternoons in recent memory, Alabama is going to the 2025 College Football Playoff. That means we may have just witnessed the greatest comeback in Crimson Tide football history.

Greater than the 1926 Rose Bowl, when the Crimson Tide rallied from a 12-0 halftime deficit against Washington to put Southern football on the national map and birth a fight song for the ages.

Greater than the 2018 National Championship Game, when Tua Tagovailoa and DeVonta Smith did the thing on 2nd and 26.

Greater than The Drive in the 2021 Iron Bowl or Gravedigger in the 2023 sequel.

This storied comeback rescued the season and saved Kalen DeB

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