It was just as well, since the tide table confirmed what our eyes told us: The tide was coming in.

FORBES: Paradise Lost

First, the Tide has to run the table in the SEC, easily the toughest conference in the country.

FORBES: Alabama's Dive From The Top Is Baffling

Farrell came on for the last 21 minutes at blind-side flanker but could do little to stem the tide as the Blues went back to the top of the group B table as the only side with two wins out of two.

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