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The Crimson Tide made a switch early in the second half, going with sophomore Ale Kaho at Will linebacker in place of freshman Christian Harris.

After then going back to Harris for a series, Alabama turned back to Kaho, who was in at Will linebacker the rest of the time the first-team defense was in the game.

“There was a lot of confusion with the young guys with formations and motions and some of the things that they were doing,” Tide coach Nick Saban said. “We tried to get 8 (Harris) settled down by taking him out of the game and put in Kaho in for a series. Then, we put him back in the game and then we decided to play Kaho a little bit because he’s a good football player and he needs to get some experience himself.”

While Kaho finished with four tackles and a tackle for a loss, it was seemingly a tough game for him, too.

The former four-star recruit missed a tackle near the line of scrimmage on the first play of a South Carolina drive late in the third third quarter, a run up the middle from Gamecocks running back Rico Dowdle that went for a 12-yard gain. On the next play, Kaho overran the action on a run to the left. That created an opening for Dowdle, who capitalized with a 33-yard gain.

Later, Kaho gave up a touchdown in coverage...