Alabama LB, FOX Sports personality have back-and-forth on Twitter for November ‘leaking oil’ column

Following November’s Iron Bowl loss to Auburn, the College Football Playoff outlook looked pretty dim for Alabama.

The Tide weren’t going to the SEC Championship Game, and they needed some serious help to make it into the top four of the Playoff. Thankfully, for Alabama, Georgia hammered Auburn and Ohio State beat undefeated Wisconsin, which helped propel the Tide into the top four.

After Alabama escaped with a 31-24 win over Mississippi State, though, FOX Sports personality Jason McIntyre penned a column saying Alabama was “leaking oil,” and he added that the 2017 club was probably Alabama’s worst team since 2010. Granted, Alabama’s team had quiet wins over LSU and MSU. And then, there was the Iron Bowl loss to Auburn. Of course, losing to Auburn is never acceptable, but in this case, it was probably better Alabama didn’t play in the SEC Championship Game and allowed a few of its players to get healthy leading up to the Playoff.

On Thursday, Alabama LB Christian Miller wanted to make sure McIntyre’s column wouldn’t be ignored, even calling him out on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/jasonrmcintyre/status/930081827263582208

Bet this guy feels very intelligent now ? https://t.co/rU8cvUUdsO

— Christian Miller (@christianmillr) January 18, 2018

https://twitter.com/jasonrmcintyre/status/954139592231284736

“Lucking in” yet we shut down the “#1” team, then won it all.. Open your eyes guy. It’s the 4 BEST teams that get in & we clearly belonged ?. We could go 15-0 and y’all still would gossip reasons why we “shouldn’t” be in the playoff! Quit hating & respect it! https://t.co/99D0orcnkU

— Christian Miller (@christianmillr) January 19, 2018

At least McIntyre isn’t claiming that UCF won the National Championship.

Kevin Duffey

A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.