ORLANDO, Fla. — Alabama’s 35-16 win over Michigan in the 2020 Citrus Bowl wasn’t as lopsided as the final score might indicate.

Frankly, that doesn’t matter. There’s no dignity in defeat at a place like Michigan, even for a program that’s now lost 20 straight games away from home to top-15 teams.

Let that one sink in a minute before we continue …

Simply put, this program hasn’t been able to beat very good teams since Lloyd Carr left, and that was a long, long time ago now (2008). We can talk about reasons why, etc., but none of them matter. All that does is figuring out a way to fix it, something everyone expected head coach Jim Harbaugh to do before year six.