Casual fans of college football across the country will see a couple seconds of highlights from Saturday’s Alabama-Duke game, yawn while looking at the final score and say, “Yep, Alabama beat up on poor ol’ Duke just like expected.”

And while they aren’t entirely wrong, the Blue Devils potentially exposed a fundamental weakness in Alabama’s offense during the 42-3 victory at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic. Alabama’s rushing game finished with only 145 yards on 42 carries — and 54 of those came in the fourth quarter after the game was put away for good.

As always, there is some good, some bad and some ugly in every football game. Let’s dive into some likes and dislikes from Alabama-Duke in Week 1:

What I liked

The Tagovailoa family

Elder son Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama’s sweet Hawaiian prince, was his typical self. A near-flawless performance equated to 26 of 31 passing for 336 yards and 4 touchdowns in one play less than three quarters of work. Tua took the lemons that was Alabama’s rushing attack and squeezed lemonade all over the Blue Devils’ defensive secondary. Tua completed passes to eight different receivers, with Jerry Jeudy (more on him later) hauling in 10 passes for 137 yards and a TD. And when true freshman little brother Taulia got in the game, the Tide scored the very first play he was in on as Jerome Ford broke off a 37-yard TD run. Welcome, Taulia.

Nick Saban’s filthy mouth

Oh yeah, you KNEW it was coming at some point. Even after a shockingly chill halftime talk with Molly McGrath and her Christmas tree attire on the national TV broadcast, the fuse was clearly lit. And boy, did it ever reach the gunpowder stage after Trevon Diggs picked off Duke quarterback Quentin Harris in the closing moments of the third quarter. Taking exception to a sideline warning flag, Saban unleashed a Marine Corps-worthy string of expletives that would make hardcore rappers blush — and it was all caught by the ABC cameras.

Defense being defense

Yeah, it was Duke, but Alabama’s defense looked great for all four quarters. Diggs and Jordan Battle intercepted passes, Diggs recovered a fumble caused by Patrick Surtain, and Terrell Lewis had an 8-yard sack. Most importantly, the defense kept the Blue Devils out of the end zone. It doesn’t matter who you play, if you can keep the other team from scoring touchdowns, you’re doing something right.

Winning big

Looking around the SEC throughout the day and evening, it is important to point out that Alabama actually beat the heck out of the Blue Devils. Winning by 39 (and covering the spread, according to our friends in the desert) is nothing to sneeze at, given that Ole Miss went down to Memphis, South Carolina dropped one to North Carolina, and Tennessee lost to mighty Georgia State (wow!) in front of a half-empty Neyland Stadium. Any W is a good W, even if there is plenty to improve upon.

Tight ends, yo!

Junior tight end Miller Forristall hauled in a 27-yard TD pass from Tua Tagovailoa, the first of his career. And sophomore tight end Major Tennison scored his first career TD via a 1-yard Tagovailoa pass. With all the wide receiver arrows in Alabama’s quiver, it is encouraging to know the big fellas running free down the seams can haul in the rock.

What I didn’t like

The Mercedes-Benz Stadium uprights

Anyone who has ever attempted a field goal knows how hard it is to make one. But to somehow doink TWO field goal attempts off TWO different uprights in one game? Will Reichard managed that unenviable magic trick — missing a 49-yarder in the first quarter off the right upright and then a 48-yarder off the left post in the fourth quarter. Even the greatest dynasties in world history had a weakness, and or Alabama, it is clearly the aluminum poles painted yellow at either end of the field.

An offensive line made of Swiss cheese

The offensive line was supposed to be a strength of Alabama’s this season, the big beef up front that would keep Tua Tagovailoa’s uniform perpetually clean and open dump truck-sized holes for running backs. Instead, the Crimson Tide barely made it past 100 rushing yards in the competitive part of the contest and, while Tua was only sacked once, he had to dance around and away from Duke pressure far more than he should have. They say the biggest improvement comes from Week 1 to Week 2. The Tide’s offensive line has plenty of potential improvement ahead.

Jerry Jeudy fighting for extra yardage

There is a reason Alabama doesn’t hand the ball off to wide receiver like Jerry Jeudy in between the tackles in short-yardage situations. At 6-foot-1 and a very generous 192 pounds, Jeudy went down briefly while fighting three Duke defenders for an extra yard near the goal line after a 10-yard reception. Go down, dude. Let the beef come in to punch it in, or line up to catch a corner fade. Anything but jousting three players for a couple more inches.