Well guys and gals I don't what to say, I'm speachless. So I'll let some players and people who covered the game speak for me.

First up Terrance Cody:

"We weren't ready for them," Alabama nose tackle Terrence Cody said. "They took control of the game and that's how they set the tempo. I was stunned."

Utah's Brent Casteel

"We smacked them in the mouth early and took their fans out of the game," Utah wide receiver Brent Casteel said. "They probably didn't know what hit them."

Does that sound familiar? (Clemson, Georgia anyone??)

Another Ute, Sean Smith had this to say:

"Maybe they were upset that they weren't in the national championship game," Smith said. "But you just don't go out and play like you don't want to be in the Sugar Bowl. I don't think they expected us to come out firing on all cylinders like we did."

I was one that did expect it Sean, however, I couldn't have imagined that my team would come out barely firing on four cylinders.

And some stinging words from Gentry Estes that sums it up pretty well:

"My take on a late night in New Orleans?

Lest this Crimson Tide program get too full of itself after a 12-0 regular season, its final effort will sting for a while. This was a humbling experience, and it could have been avoided.

Underdog Utah was fired up and prepared to play, and perhaps for the first time all season, favored Alabama was not."

Ouch but true...

And this from Nick Saban, maybe bringing us all back down to reality:

"The seniors did a great job for this team," Tide coach Nick Saban said. "But we need to continue to improve as a program for the future. We need more good players, more depth in the program. We need quality big people. We need quality skill guys. We need a lot of things for us to continue to improve to be the kind of program that is recognized as kind of a dominant program on a national level."

We all knew this to be the case two years ago, but somehow, 12-0 has a way of making you forget.