I don't know if we would have been better cover wise, but the whole defense would have played with more attitude. They just didn't have that kick your ass mentality this year. The edge was gone.
I think there's a very good chance that our season would have turned out much differently if he could have just stopped the weed.
Bama was held to a single meaningless TD over two games. Seems like the D did its job, including TM7. Maybe it was the O that was exposed.