The Alabama Crimson Tide looked lost not long ago. Head coach Kalen DeBoer had to reemphasize things like punctuality and discipline as his program dropped two out of three games, and it seemed as though his job might've been in jeopardy.

Hate to answer a question with a question, but that query is worthy of another one in reply: What are we even doing here?

Much of the week has been spent pouring over SEC tiebreaker rules and trying to apply them to the season's remaining regular season games. Before Saturday's slate of games, one very realistic scenario had an eight-team first place SEC tie going down.

After Georgia's 14-point win over Tennessee on Saturday, Alabama is in great position to make the SEC Championship Game. All the Crimson Tide need in the next two weeks is to win out versus Auburn and Oklahoma,