Tuscaloosa, AL It's not the job of a sports reporter to correctly predict the future or pretend to be smarter than the average fan. There are a lot of really smart football fans in the Deep South, and especially in the state of Alabama. I can tell you with confidence that a large percentage of those people know just as much or more about football than pretty much all of the nerds in the press box during games and all the silly suds talking on TV or the radio during the week. Sometimes we get lucky, though, and someone hit the big jackpot in the press box at halftime of Alabama's unlikely 34-20 victory against Tennessee at Bryant-Denny Stadium. It was the second largest comeback for Alabama in the history of the Third Saturday in October rivalry and the biggest comeback of coach Nick Saban's time in Tuscaloosa. With the memorial plaque of sports writing legend Cecil Hurt as a witness, a sports columnist was standing near the press box popcorn machine with Alabama losing 20-7 to Tennessee and correctly predicted Alabama's historic second-half comeback for the ages. "What's the Joe Goodman headline going to be for this one?" Talty asked. I paused. Cecil's plaque was to my left, and I could sense it giving me the courage the moment demanded. This would not be the end of Alabama, but the beginning of something epic. Headline: "Jalen Milroe leads amazing comeback," I said. "Going positive, eh?" Talty said. Not for Tennessee. 
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
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