Then you just gave the ball to the other team with great field position giving them a chance to win the title. Saban would be laughed at, etc. But you know what? They took a risk and it won them a championship.
Football is a game of risk. Sometimes you are rewarded and sometimes it bites you in the butt. This one should have bit us and we got lucky, but had it paid off it could've been a huge momentum swing.