From Milroe’s flight, caused by a crushing Jam Miller block two weeks ago, to walking off the field at halftime next Saturday in an absolute daze.

It’s almost hard to remember the sequence of events that caused the game to be stopped with Alabama leading 14-12, but that abstract football continued until the clock hit zero in the fourth quarter.

Remember, the Tide was up 14-0, not dominating but without any real threat until South Carolina was on fourth-and-9 from the Tide 36 with 1:43 on the clock. Here’s how it went.

Busted covered and 36-yard Gamecock touchdown catch occurred with 1:37 left on the snap.

Personal foul on the subsequent kick-off. Alabama started on its own 10-yard line when Jalen Milroe’s low-energy throw-away attempt amid the crushing pass rush took place in the end zone.

Safety.

After South Carolina fumbled, Alabama took over at midfield. Two negative rushing plays later, Milroe was taken out to make a 36-yard field goal as time expired. A shell-shocked Alabama team walked to the locker room amid a whiplash collapse that looked pretty bad through a microscope.

Even worse from the telescope.

It revealed major, gaping flaws in all aspects of a Crimson Tide program that was riding high a fortnight earlier but has since come crashing down. Of course, that also includes last week’s blast at Vanderbilt.

But this “win” over South Carolina felt even worse.

Alabama was sloppier against South Carolina. It looked low effort and low energy at times. They were abused for a long time by a team that shouldn’t be competing against a team like the Crimson Tide.

It’s hard to remember the last time a team surrendered a touchdown, a safety and a field goal in the span of 97 seconds. It seems almost impossible to be this clumsy at all stages of the game.

It’s honestly impossible to explain the feeling Alabama had at halftime to someone who was in a champagne coma from the second quarter of the game against Georgia.

The Crimson Tide went from debunking its superpower peer early to surviving a disastrous second half and then getting punked by Vanderbilt and South Carolina, which was unthinkable amid the flashing lights of Bryant-Denny on September 28.

Things actually got worse a few times before Alabama avoided a second straight historic upset.

South Carolina took a 19-14 lead after losing the first 8:35 of the second half in a 16-play, 85-play molasses march to the end zone. The Gamecocks formed Alabama and played the kind of physical football that was once the trademark in Tuscaloosa.

Not anymore.

Alabama was outrebounded 93-62 when Milroe made it 28-0 against Georgia and South Carolina’s 1-yard touchdown run with 6:20 left in the third quarter Saturday.

The Gamecocks, fresh off a 27-3 loss to Ole Miss, defeated Alabama at that point, 257-142. And it ended with a lead of 374-313 meters.

South Carolina sacked Milroe four times among nine tackles for loss.

A Gamecock team that ranked among the nation’s worst on third downs converted 5 of 6 in the third quarter and a season-high 7 of 15 in the game.

Two weeks ago, Milroe was a Heisman frontrunner. On Saturday he threw two valuable interceptions. He still completed 16 of 23 passes for 209 yards and the game-winning touchdown, but his stock is in a much different place two weeks later.

Perhaps this is the low point for a team that stood on the mountain top a fortnight earlier.

Or it’s just the next step in the steady and shocking decline, because it’s hard to take much positivity away from another day of endless adjectives.

Michael Casagrande is a reporter for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande or on Facebook.