Alabama has lost its second game of the season. Just a few weeks after losing to Tennessee in Neyland Stadium, the Crimson Tide fell to LSU in Baton Rouge.

This loss likely tanks Alabama’s chances of making the College Football Playoff, but it’s not totally ruled out.

As always, fans of other programs from all across the country love when the mighty fall. Fans, analysts and former players took to Twitter to share their thoughts and opinions on the Crimson Tide’s loss and the state of the program.

Most Tweets are constructive, while other posts are purely emotional.

Here’s what people are saying online.

Well would you look at this

Things the box score won't show you

— Parker Branton (@ParkerBranton) November 6, 2022 

 


LOOK: Twitter explodes with reactions after Alabama's loss to LSU

BATON ROUGE, La. ― Alabama football needed someone to make a third-down play to snap the offense out of a slump in the first half.

The Crimson Tide was looking to convert a third-and-12, aiming to avoid a third consecutive three-and-out. Then Alabama quarterback Bryce Young found running back Roydell Williams, who caught the pass on what looked to be a wheel route.

Only problem was, he was running out of bounds when he caught it.

This play was one of many that epitomized how out of sorts the offense was for much of the night, outside of Young's spectacular touchdown throw to Ja'Corey Brooks. Despite Alabama forcing overtime, LSU managed to hang on to win 32-31 on Saturday at Tiger Stadium. LSU won the game on a two-point conversion in overtime.

The loss knocks the Crimson Tide out of playoff contention and puts LSU in the driver's seat to win the SEC West and make the league championship game.

Here are our observations and takeaways from the game between No. 6 Alabama (7-2, 4-2 SEC) and No. 10 LSU (7-2, 5-1).

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Alabama passing game out of sync for most of game

The first drive, the passing game clicked. Alabama had strong tempo and was effective in finding gaps to move down the field efficiently and effectively.

Bryce Young completed his first three passes on the first three plays that quickly brought the Crimson Tide to the LSU 34.

His next pass, however, was an interception in the end zone. And the Alabama offense never seemed to click like that again.

By the time halftime arrived, Young had completed only half of his passes. He was 12-for-24.

Part of that was on Young, who just didn't look like himself much of the night, and part of that was on the receivers. Either way, the passing game was far too inconsistent and inefficient at times.  

Nick Saban mentioned on Wednesday that Alabama was playing a bit left-handed on offense because of Young’s limitations leading into the open week. Before this week, Young wasn’t practicing because of a shoulder injury suffered against Arkansas at the beginning of October.

ESPN’s Holly Rowe reported on the broadcast Young was limited to 25 throws a day this week.

No matter the exact reasons that Alabama couldn’t pass well on a consistent basis, it’s clear something didn’t work right until Young's late-game heroics in leading late touchdown and field-goal drives that sent it to overtime.

Alabama defense can't match strong first half in the second

Alabama's defense didn't give up much anything in the first half. On six LSU drives, the Tigers only scored once. The other five resulted in punts.

Then Jayden Daniels and company started finding more success in the second half. On those four drives, LSU only failed to walk away with points on one of them.

Alabama badly needed a stop late but instead gave up a seven-play, 75 yard drive to the Tigers as they took a 24-21 lead with 1:47 left. Then it gave up a touchdown right away to LSU in overtime.

Will Richard proves reliable

In a hostile environment when the offense couldn’t close the deal with touchdowns, kicker Will Richard kept the Crimson Tide in the game.

He’s had a few misses this season, but the Death Valley crowd couldn’t faze him.

The Hoover native kept stepping up, booting kicks. He actually gave Alabama a lead 9-7 in the third quarter despite the offense sputtering at times.

Then, he kicked a game-tying 46-yard field goal with 21 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. His efforts in LSU were much-needed to continue building his confidence back after missing a few kicks this season.

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Penalties a problem at times again on the road

Another road trip, another day where yellow flags kept getting in the way of the Crimson Tide. Alabama had nine for 92 yards in regulation.

The penalties didn’t occur at the same rate as the program-worst 17 penalties against Tennessee, but the yellow flags certainly popped up in problematic times for the Crimson Tide. In the first half especially.

The first two penalties called against Alabama were personal fouls. Neither proved detrimental on those specific drives, but it just continued a troubling trend after Alabama’s last road trip.

By the end of the first half, the Crimson Tide had committed five for 50 yards.

Alabama seemed to be minimizing flags in the second half, but one was killer on LSU’s first offensive drive of the third quarter. Eli Ricks was called for pass interference on third down, and the next play, the Tigers scored a touchdown to take a 14-9 lead.

The next offensive drive, Alabama went three-and-out and managed to commit two penalties, a holding on third down and a false start on the punt. The holding was declined, but it still signified Alabama’s propensity for getting in the way with penalties on the road.

Then Alabama had another pass interference on LSU's touchdown drive in the final minutes of regulation.