Greg McElroy gave a different perspective - an Alabama one - to the Crimson Tide missing out on the College Football Playoff.

Here are two silver linings that could be found ... The lockdown guard held Alabama’s preseason All-American guard Mark Sears to only the second scoreless game of his college career – and ...

Given how things started off against Alabama (4-1, 0-0 SEC) and its experienced, huge and high-scoring lineup at Legacy Arena in Birmingham ... and there were silver linings the Illini can ...