But not so fast. Alabama took care of Auburn in the Iron Bowl on Saturday and some things elsewhere fell the Crimson Tide’s way. On Monday, during his weekly appearance on the McElroy & Cubelic In The Morning show, Finebaum was in a much better place (again) regarding Alabama.

Alabama is 8-3, already having clinched its most regular-season losses in 14 years after a 24-3 drubbing at Oklahoma last week. Auburn is merely 5-6, but scored a dramatic 43-41 four-overtime win over Texas A&M at Jordan-Hare Stadium a week ago.

It seems like this Alabama team has had analysts’ opinions on it change on a dime with every performance both good and bad. ESPN’s Paul Finebaum is just one of those analysts who has both backed and cast off the Crimson Tide at different points in the season,