After 58 minutes of a furious Iron Bowl at Jordan-Hare Stadium, Alabama’s hopes of remaining in the College Football Playoff picture came down to a 30-yard-field goal attempt with two minutes remaining against No. But the kicking game has often been the glaring weakness in Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide dynasty. Sure enough, Alabama kicker Joseph Bulovas’s game-tying attempt hit the left upright and sealed Alabama’s 48-45 loss. The outcome knocked the Crimson Tide out of the playoff race and sets up a suddenly wide-open...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 01, 2019 15:33 UTC