re: Was Brown an injured QB away from beating Saban in an NC game?

That was a killer for Texas in that game. Neither team hit 280 yards of total offense for the game and Texas ended up with more yards. I think Texas had 5 turnovers with four of them being picks. So since McCoy didn't turn the ball over much and was really good running and passing, it would have been a huge difference. They were up when he went out.

Whether they would have won...who knows? Bama still ran for 200+ and that's big. Texas' pass rush was awesome though. They were sacking McElroy left and right. Bama only ended up with 58 passing yards I think.