There's some great SEC football being played today. Right now I'm watching Alabama play Tennessee and the score is surprising, to say the least. The Crimson Tide are up 6-3 at half time. Tide fans have to be a bit disappointed, though, because they could easily have scored two touchdowns. Twice they've been inside the 10 yard line and blown it -- once leading to a field goal, once to a blocked FG attempt. This inability to finish seems to be the defining attribute of Alabama's team this year. They could be a 2-loss team if they could just finish well.

Tennessee, for their part, is having the same problems that turned the momentum against them last week against Georgia -- turnovers. They gave up three big turnovers to Alabama in just the first quarter. The Vols just aren't playing as well as they were against Auburn and prior to the momentum-changing fumble before halftime against Georgia. That said, I think Tennessee will come back and win this one over the Tide. We'll see...

Update: This game turned out to be a fight to the death, going into a fifth overtime with stellar performances by both teams. Tennessee did end up with the victory, 51-43, but Alabama showed the quality of their play in keeping it close through such a tough game.