KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — For much of this season, the Alabama offense was the strength of the team. Outside of last week’s struggles against South Carolina, the Crimson Tide offense had been borderline unstoppable, scoring 35+ points in the first five games of the season. Even in the loss to Vanderbilt a couple weeks ago, the offense scored five touchdowns on extremely limited possessions. That loss was much more on the defense than the offense. But in Saturday’s 24-17 loss to Tennessee, the exact opposite was true. When the defense showed up, it was the offense that vanished entirely. Of course, 17…