Nick Saban has never lost a season opener while coaching Alabama. Yet despite an offseason largely scrapped by the coronavirus pandemic, and a delayed start to the season, Saban’s second-ranked Crimson Tide looked just fine as they began their SEC-only schedule on Saturday night against Missouri.
Mac Jones threw for 249 yards and two scores in less than three quarters of work, and Jaylen Waddle and Najee Harris had dynamic performances on offense, helping Alabama roll to a 38-19 victory over the rebuilding Tigers.
Missouri was overmatched but showed plenty of fight, and Drinkwitz can certainly build on that fact. It hardly helped his cause that the former Appalachian State coach had such a pandemic-altered offseason to install his system, and the kinks were particularly evident when Alabama was pulling away in the first half.
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Missouri heads to Tennessee.
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