At one point, Pruitt even wondered aloud about his own players, telling the audience of reporters, "
Maybe today they weren't good enough."
Fulmer looked on with the same look of revulsion, simmering in the background.
Had he stuck around after Pruitt finished his news conference, he may have lost it.
After all, that's when defensive end Kyle Phillips delivered the most damning statement of all.
Referring to Alabama, he said, "
That's what we're trying to be."
It was the soundbite of a defeated program.