Bryce Young

It's the end of a wonderful era in Tuscaloosa.

Alabama fans received some excellent news regarding Sugar Bowl opt outs on Friday.

These Crimson Tide standouts stated their case to the committee in an interesting way on Thursday.

Nick Saban is now 11-5 all time against the Auburn Tigers while leading Alabama. He undoubtedly will enjoy Saturday night's victory, however when this performance gets placed under a microscope will he be left wondering why his team didn't perform throughout the year as well as it did in the 87th Iron Bowl.

These players gave insight on what went wrong and how the team looks to move forward.

The Crimson Tide is extremely fortunate to have Young at the helm, especially on an evening which it mustered 44 rushing yards (sack adjusted). Without his special ability to direct traffic and find the open men down the field the outcome could have turned out a lot different on this homecoming weekend.

The Alabama Crimson Tide (7-1, 4-1) took care of business on Saturday night in Bryant-Denny Stadium by beating the Mississippi State Bulldogs (5-3, 2-3) by a pedestrian score of 30-6. The Tide was dominant defensively throughout the evening, keeping the Bulldogs off the scoreboard until the game's final play.

Young's availability will greatly impact the Alabama game-plan and his presence is vital to the Tide's hopes of extending its winning streak to 16 consecutive years.

Do you agree with my assessment of Milore's play? What plays was I too harsh on? What plays did I give too much grace on?

Coming up Monday on The Game with Ryan Fowler on Tide 100.9, we will discuss the good, bad, and ugly. You will also have a chance to win prizes from Daniel Moore Art, starting at 2pm on Tide 100.9 and on the free Tide 100.9 app.