What would Bear Bryant say about Alabama's loss to Clemson? - AL.com

This is an opinion cartoon.

Anybody in the market for an unused “Bear Bryant and Nick Saban Celebrate Saban’s 7th National Championship” cartoon?

The cartoon posted here isn’t the one I drew in advance and had ready to post after Monday night’s game. THAT cartoon has been shelved. For now. In the meantime: What the hell happened?

Welcome to the woodshed, Alabama. It's been a while

I had an inkling that Alabama was in trouble when Saban seemed bewildered at the end of the first half and ran out the clock instead of taking a shot at scoring. He had all 3 timeouts and enough time for Tua to sling 3 or 4 plays.

And then there was the un-Saban-like fake field goal at the end of the third quarter. You have 5-star talent in your utility belt and you call on your kicker to be the lead blocker on a bad gimmick play that everyone saw coming? That’s just sad.

Nick Saban needs to evaluate staff after bad play-calling dooms Tide in blow-out loss

Truth is, Dabo Swinney and his team came to win. And they had loads of fun doing it. Congratulations to the Clemson Tigers. They had a great game, a season for the ages - 15-0 - and one helluva great recruiting night.

The Crimson Tide had a magical year, too. Thanks for all the fun, drama and excitement. Good luck to all you young athletes who are graduating and/or moving on to the NFL.

Maybe I’ll get an opportunity to use that other cartoon next year. One thing’s for sure: Alabama and Nick Saban will be loaded for Bear.

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