After committing three very early turnovers in the ReliaQuest Bowl, the Crimson Tide offense never got going despite the defense's stout effort.

The Wolverines started the year playing Alabama on Jan. 1 at the Rose Bowl, but with both teams starting anew with brand new head coaches, they both fell short of expectations and are playing again on Dec. 31, New Year’s Eve, at the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa.

He expects Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe to play the whole game — not half of one — in Tuesday afternoon’s ReliaQuest Bowl against Michigan (7-5). In fact, the first-year Tide coach expects all of his projected 2025 draftees — at least the healthy ones — to play.