Is Alabama A Sleeper #1?

Huh?

I'm going to make a prediction that this thread won't turn out as you expected.

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Why is the national media sleeping on Bama?

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Dunno, but they have since the TAMU game. The ongoing narrative is that Bama isn't as good as the past few years. I hope they keep thinking that. This team is coming together. I actually wouldn't mind Oregon jumping us and Bama falling to #2.

Are you a member of Al-Qaeda?

Because you must be living in a cave in the tribal regions of Afghanistan.

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Why is the national media sleeping on Bama?

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Lackluster start. I guess they haven't seen our Oline begin to gel with 2 new starters, Lindsay at center and Grant Hill at guard. I guess they haven't seen our secondary get better and better as Eddie Jackson, Landon Collins, Jarrick Williams, Slyve and Geno Smith have all come on strong since the TAMU game. Soon we will have HaHa back. White has been tearing it up at WR in a already deep WR corps. Ashawn Robinson tearing it up at the center of our DLine. I like the idea of sleeper, we are a sleeping Monster indeed that is about 2 weeks away from firing on all cylinders.

Alabama fatigue. People are hyping other teams makes for more interesting tv / articles at this point. Alabama does have almost all the number 1 votes in the polls, so they aren't being overlooked by the "media" when they have to actually give the opinion that matters.

Plus, Alabama hasn't exactly looked unbeatable this year so there is probably some truth to the possibility that the SEC doesn't win it all this year.

Suggestion - Take more meds.

Media and their audience are sick of Bama. Desperate for new story lines.

I don't think we're being overlooked by the media, as we're getting almost all of the #1 votes... but I do think that everyone wants to see someone outside the SEC get the crystal ball. The Tide isn't putting up numbers like Oregon. Clemson and Florida State are trying to make a run. Louisville and Baylor are beating their chests, and Ohio State hasn't lost since 2011...The national media needs a story! There's nothing else they can say about the Crimson Tide, other than "they're not looking too dominant...they have a weak schedule...they're too slow for the PAC-10, look what Oregon did to Tennessee!"

I know there was some gnashing of teeth nationally when there was suddenly eight SEC teams in the top 25. The media recognizes the fact that winning "ugly" is still a win, but it's a lot of fun for them to tout the flashy teams, and say, "What If?" I'm hoping to continue the streak of SEC domination, but recognize the fact that everyone else is tired of being second tier conferences.

I don't think anyone is seriously debating their #1 ranking. They are just boring, which is actually a compliment. No one has really threatened them this year.