Sometimes things don't go as planned, but work out anyway. Alabama relates.

Each of the past two games featured touchdowns that may have looked smooth, but deviated from the way it was drawn up.

The players involved shared the stories behind the plays -- what was planned and how it really worked out.

Ole Miss jet sweep

The Tide was down 24-3 when it drove right down a short field late in the second quarter at Ole Miss. In a look similar to many plays that half, receiver Calvin Ridley came in motion with Jalen Hurts in shotgun formation.

The plan was for Hurts to take the snap and toss it quickly to Ridley for the jet sweep. Either the snap was late from Bradley Bozeman or Calvin Ridley was too fast for it. Either way, the ball went straight to Ridley as he crossed between the center and quarterback.

It looked smooth since Ridley never broke stride as he dashed six yards into the end zone.

"We kind of be messing up some timing with the snap because it's so loud," Ridley said Monday. "It was supposed to be a pitch or he would run it. It just popped out and I took it."

In his wake, Hurts was left looking somewhat confused as the speedy receiver zipped around the left end of the line for the touchdown. One thought hit Ridley's mind after reaching the end zone.

"Thank god I caught it," he said.

A fumble there would've been disastrous since that score kick-started the comeback that took Alabama from 21 down to 18 ahead in the 48-43 win.

Mack Wilson's accidental TD

It seemed kinda odd for a freshman linebacker to the be target of a goal-line pass. That's because he wasn't.

Nobody can take Mack Wilson's touchdown away now, but it makes more sense that he wasn't Hurt's intended receiver. Late in the third quarter against Kent State, Wilson entered the game in the blocking role he's played this season in goal-line situations. The Tide was at the 1-yard line when Hurts rolled to his right after faking the handoff.

Tight end O.J. Howard was running the same direction and Hurts fired a bullet his direction. Only Wilson was running a similar route at a more shallow depth. Seeing a pass headed his way, the linebacker reached up, knocked down the pass and hauled in his own deflection.

It wasn't until later when Wilson realized the play wasn't designed for him. Hurts actually broke the news. Wilson quickly found Howard on the sideline.

"He was just apologizing," Howard said with a smile Tuesday. "He really felt bad about it. I said, 'That's okay. At least somebody caught the ball.' We were both looking like we thought each other was going to catch it. It was his first career touchdown. I can't be mad at him for that."

Wilson really felt bad.

"And then he was watching film Monday and he saw it and then he kept apologizing," Howard said. "And I was like, 'Don't worry about it, man. It's cool.' And that's how that came about."