Take 'Bama and the 17 every game but 2, and even then ...
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Johnny Dangerously
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They're just trying to get Saban to go off on a rant during an otherwise quiet summer.
RonClements
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Bama will lose at least two games this year. You don't graduate three NFL-caliber offensive linemen, starting running back and half your defense and repeat as national champs.
I realize the Tide reloads every year, but that's a lot of talent to replace.
I realize the Tide reloads every year, but that's a lot of talent to replace.
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RonClements said:
The 2009 Alabama team returned four offensive starters and went 14-0. That team also had to replace three NFL-caliber offensive linemen and its starting running back, plus its quarterback. And the defense gets gutted every year.
T.J. Yeldon is more talented than Eddie Lacy, just as Mark Ingram was more talented than Glen Coffee and Trent Richardson was more talented than Ingram. The running back position isn't an issue. Alabama has six or seven guys who could rush for 1,000 yards for other programs.
The defense is similarly not an issue. It may actually be better this season than last, when the defense took a half-step back as the offense took a step forward from 2011.
The offensive line could be tricky, but several guys stood out in camp, and Cyrus Kouandjio should be the best left tackle in the country.
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Disagree. There's a lot more money to be made on college football than the NFL, where the lines are airtight. Granted, 20-year-old kids can be fickle, but that's gambling.
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Johnny Dangerously said:
Whining about being overrated is part of the process too, you know.
