Paul Finebaum watched as No. 1 Alabama struggled mightily at unranked Texas on Saturday in the Austin heat.

The Crimson Tide needed a last-second field goal from Will Reichard to escape with a 20-19 victory against the Longhorns.

Nick Saban’s squad isn’t expected to remain at No. 1 in the polls this week, as Georgia is the likely team to jump the Tide in both the Coaches and AP Polls.

On SportsCenter on Sunday morning, Finebaum tore into the Tide. He said he still thinks Alabama will make the Playoff, but added that the game at Texas exposed some serious flaws:

“They told us they were overrated, first of all,” Finebaum said. “A week ago, we couldn’t come up with a way to keep them out of the Playoff. Now, they have a very difficult path. I still think they’ll get there, but there are so many issues on this team that were exposed. You start with play-calling. Bill O’Brien’s play calling in this game was, at times, atrocious. The offense line didn’t help matters much. Fortunately, you do have the best quarterback in the country, but it was the penalties over and over again. Mistakes were made including some, quite a few I may add, by Will Anderson Jr., who many of us keep insisting has to be in New York for the Heisman ceremony. There’s a lot to do. Fortunately for Alabama, Nick Saban is still the coach and there’s plenty of time.”

Can the Crimson Tide regroup and look like the world-beaters many expected them to be in 2022? We’ll see what happens in Week 3, when Alabama returns to Tuscaloosa for what should be a tune-up game against Louisiana-Monroe.