TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – On the eve of Saturday’s Iron Bowl, Crimson Tide junior inside linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton was made aware of a very unique statistic.
The Crimson Tide had gone 207 minutes and 54 seconds without allowing a touchdown.
“Somebody attached me on Twitter yesterday about how our defense hadn’t given up a touchdown in a long time,” Hamilton said, “so I attached (senior inside linebacker) Reuben (Foster). I didn’t know it, and he didn’t even know it, and I was like, ‘Dang, this is crazy.’
“We just have to go out every Saturday and do our job.”
In their 30-12 dismantling of Auburn, the Crimson Tide did just that, limiting the Tigers to 182 yards and four Daniel Carlson field goals. The updated time that has elapsed since Texas A&M scored a touchdown in the third quarter on Oct. 22 is 267 minutes and 54 seconds.