I think we are seeing in multiple arenas that the more unlikely a positive outcome becomes for your team - the more delusional you become and the more you cling to the groupthink of your "echo-chamber".This thread leads to a puzzlement over what I read on the Aggie boards. I read that Hurts is a TF and they can rattle him - in our stadium. Also, that they need to contain him and make them beat them with his arm. Meanwhile, they're enamored of a QB whose passing percentage lags behind Hurts' by ten percentage points and, well, we've all seen them both run. Knight is a Kelly type. He can take advantage of a void, but that's about it. Using him as an integral part of a running offense against Alabama, well, fugedaboutit. Nevertheless, they continue to trumpet Knight and denigrate Hurts. Natural, I guess...
It is HIGHLY unlikely that they win (though it could happen). Their assertion that they need to make Jalen beat them with his arm is true. They have to shut down his designed runs somehow since that is the strength of his game at the moment. Rattle him? Wouldn't bet on that. I just genuinely believe there are too many ways for them to get hurts(s) by this offense. Jalen can throw, so bootlegs or anything to move the pocket will still present that opportunity. Once they get used to that, run a counter with Jacobs or Bo or Harris and Bob's-your-Uncle.