Joe actually played decent. Definitely made mistakes, but he was good enough to win. I think Heupel had some questionable calls in certain situations and probably should've trusted Joe a little more in the 3rd quarter since he had played well to that point. Alabama was selling out to stop the run and he ran it anyways.
Several BS flags on us and a constant blind eye by the officials towards Alabama absolutely contributed, but the team definitely didn't step up to the challenge in the second half. I'm mostly frustrated about the officials because we might've been able to pull out a close one had things been called fair. I hate to harp on them, but the officials have been horrible all season and we're so used to seeing this BS against Alabama. Not a single holding call on Alabama is laughable. They average over 9 penalties per game but only had one? Not realistic.