Fans have been debating Alabama's overtime loss to Michigan on Sunday night since the moment the play was called on a goal stop short of the 3-yard line.

With Roydell Williams in the backfield and slightly behind and to the right of Jalen Milroe, Milroe moved him to the left, took a low snap and tried to run up the middle, only to run into a Michigan brick wall. did.

Questions have been raised about whether it was a run-pass option or whether Milroe was supposed to follow the pulling right guard and cut back to the left, but either could have been thrown off by Roe's snap. . Center is Seth McLaughlin.

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Regardless of the intent, the play didn't work, and of course after the game, after both teams had taken a timeout, Saban was asked about his decision to call the play, saying:

“The fact that it didn't work made it a really bad call.” – Nick Saban on QB Jalen Milroe's draw on the final play of Alabama's Rose Bowl loss to Michigan Ta. #CFBplayoffs pic.twitter.com/UnNYJHiBrT

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“We called three plays, one they called a timeout, one we called a timeout, and the last one didn't work. The fact that it didn't work made it a very bad decision. You know what I'm saying, right?” He said it would have been praised as such.

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“They called a timeout because we looked bad, but we looked good in the first game. I'm sure they knew that. But Tommy [Rees] I thought the best thing we could do was make a quarterback run…but it didn't work out because we couldn't get the blocks. We didn't do it very well and it didn't work out. I thought it would work if I created a gap and blocked it, but it didn't work. ”