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Paul Finebaum considers whether Alabama or Colorado suffered more disappointing loss

Matt Connollyby: Matt Connolly11/25/24MattConnollyOn3
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Alabama and Colorado had their College Football Playoff aspirations take a hit on Saturday as both teams suffered disappointing losses on the road. Alabama was blasted by Oklahoma in Norman, while Colorado couldn’t slow down Kansas and lost 37-21.

ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum joined First Take on Monday and discussed which loss was more disappointing. According to Finebaum, the answer is easy.

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“I think it was Alabama, because I really looked at Alabama as a team that could win the national championship,” Paul Finebaum said. “Colorado was a fantastic story and is still an amazing story. But Bama goes out to Norman, Oklahoma, completely taking the Sooners for granted.

“They’ve been a bad team all year. They have five losses. They’re struggling to even get to a bowl game. And they just played the worst game imaginable.”

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Alabama was particularly bad on offense. The Crimson Tide finished with only 3 points, had 234 total yards and turned it over three times. Finebaum put the blame on first-year head coach Kalen DeBoer.

“There’s no one to blame other than at the top, because Kalen DeBoer looked completely outmatched, outcoached. They were unprepared. And it’s inexcusable to lay an egg like that,” Finebaum said.

“I’ve covered Alabama football for more than 40 years. And I can’t remember in a critical game… where everything was on the line – a bid to the SEC Championship, a bid to the CFP, they just completely no-showed. And Jalen Milroe getting a lot of the blame – deservedly so.”

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe was 11 of 26 passing for 164 yards with no touchdowns and three interceptions against Oklahoma. He also managed only 15 carries for 7 yards on the ground.

However, according to Finebaum, the worst moment for Milroe came after he threw an interception and made little effort to keep it from becoming a pick-six.

“What really bugged me about Milroe was that on the pick-six that he threw, he barely attempted to stop the guy,” Finebaum said. “And that showed me something about the character of this football team.”