Alabama took a 35-0 lead against UL-Lafayette about a minute into the second quarter in Week 5. There’s no real point to this game existing, other than to make some money for the Ragin’ Cajuns and fill out Bama’s four-game non-SEC schedule.
A one-GIF recap of Alabama’s first 5 games
Skip the box scores and all other highlights, and just watch this.
You get the point of how this game’s gone. It’s gone the same as every other Bama game in the 2018 season — a blowout of Louisville, a blowout of Arkansas State, a blowout of Ole Miss, and a blowout of Texas A&M (although the Aggies did fight gamely). Here, on one 54-yard touchdown throw from Jalen Hurts to Henry Ruggs III, you can see the whole year:
And if you hold up a magnifying glass to that play and look at it with just the right light, you actually see this enhanced version of it that tells a deeper story:
Alabama games aren’t competitive anymore, not that they ever were. But you can count on lots of players getting plenty of exercise on Saturday afternoon, and building relationships that will last a lifetime while they do.
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