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

The ReliaQuest Bowl did not go according to plan for Alabama, with the Crimson Tide losing to Michigan for the second straight year in a bowl game.

The drenched in-person attendees, and national viewing audience, needed to witness only the first 15 minutes of Tuesday afternoon’s ReliaQuest Bowl to come to a pair of air-tight conclusions: The renowned Raymond James Stadium turf holds water,