Gilbert was bad. He was I think 15 of 40, 4 INTs? Boom had Bama shut down in second half, and we were 3 points down with 3 minutes left. Gilbert didn't see an unblocked blitz coming, sacked, lost the ball on our own 3 yard line. Bama scored. Then even more desperation time, INT. Bama scored. Looks like a total ass-kicking, score-wise, but Bama got 13 at the end of the game with Texas trying to drive. It was a 3-point game, but freshman QB choked at the end, went from 21-24 to 21-37.
No Snead, but we had a Junior QB who got zip for playing time all season so Mack could let his freshman get some pt. Sherrod Harris - not sure if he coulda done better than Gilbert, but prolly couldn't have been much worse. Harris quit football the next year. Can't say he shouldn't have.
You're right, Snead would probably have bailed anyway. But if not, he would have beat the Tide. I don't think Bama threw more than 10 times total, and Mack decided he needed to change his offense to run instead of passing. Gilbert was no runner. What a beating that shit was.
Hey, screw that. Let's get back to the Arch Era.