Alabama Football: 3 takeaways from convincing win over Cincinnati

Dec 31, 2021; Arlington, Texas, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Bryce Young (9) reacts after throwing a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Cincinnati Bearcats during the 2021 Cotton Bowl college football CFP national semifinal game at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports /

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The Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates after gang tackled Cincinnati Bearcats wide receiver Tyler Scott (21) in the second quarter during the College Football Playoff semifinal game at the 86th Cotton Bowl Classic, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. /

1. Alabama is getting hot at the right time

Don’t look now, folks, Alabama is getting hot at the right time. Well, it’s the wrong time for everyone else, but for Nick Saban and the Tide, this is the perfect time to start heating up.

Needing overtime to beat a bad Auburn team in the season finale was not a good look but the double-digit win over Georgia in the SEC title game and now a three-touchdown win over an undefeated Cincinnati team have people believing that the Tide are the clear best team in the country again.

Saban thanked the media for some tasty “rat poison” before the SEC title game and all of the doubt on a national basis has been good for this team.

Alabama has now beaten back-to-back top-four teams by at least two touchdowns and that’s scary news for whoever wins the Orange Bowl between Georgia and Michigan.

If this doesn’t feel like your typical Alabama national title game, I don’t know what will.

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