WAKE UP! A Day primer edition Share this story Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports This is going to be one of the more intriguing A Day games in recent memory, with the Tide defense expected to be well ahead of the offense developmentally for the first time in three years. That isn’t an ideal scenario in the current college football landscape, as even Nick Saban himself has acknowledged. That isn’t to say that the offense is devoid of talent, of course. As usual, the depth chart is loaded with top 100 recruits. They simply haven’t had the opportunity to jell and show what they can do.