247 Sports pre season All-American team

Derwin James is a freak

I know Jonah is young, but would love to see the kid get some recognition for being so damn good last year.

FSU has a nasty secondary for sure. Bama is going to have to win with Bo

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FSU has a nasty secondary for sure. Bama is going to have to win with Bo

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Hurts deep ball seemed to be improved in the spring game. I would be ok with deep sideline balls to a streaking Foster or Ridley, to keep fsu's defense honest, but I would definitely be in favor of a run heavy game plan.

It's crazy that there are more SEC players listed for Special Teams than on Defense...

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The best way to beat a good secondary is to run right at them. Luckily, Bama is loaded at RB and the OL. They going to bulldoze fools.

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Agree but you won't keep FS from scoring a lot of points. Francois can hurt you in many ways and he will. Bama is basically playing Clemson from last year all over again except FS has a slightly better offense and not as good of a defense.

It's going to be a good game and if it were later in the year, I'd probably take Bama to win, but being the first game of the year, I'm taking FS.

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Hurts deep ball seemed to be improved in the spring game. I would be ok with deep sideline balls to a streaking Foster or Ridley, 

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I'm all for shots downfield to the sideline. Ridley and Foster can outrun pretty much anyone, hurts has been money on the deep ball so far this offseason. Tossed another long TD, perfect strike in stride to Foster during the open practice over averett, who's as good a corner as hurts will see anywhere this year, and a 4.3 track star himself. Hit (or even try) a couple of those and they can't stack the box, can pound the guts out of them. If they get picked it's no worse than a punt

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Agree but you won't keep FS from scoring a lot of points. Francois can hurt you in many ways and he will. Bama is basically playing Clemson from last year all over again except FS has a slightly better offense and not as good of a defense.

It's going to be a good game and if it were later in the year, I'd probably take Bama to win, but being the first game of the year, I'm taking FS.

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8/10

Kirk

Big difference in Clemson last year and FSU this year is the offensive line. FSU has a garbage OL, Francois is going to be running for his life.

Also a BIG difference in Watson and Francois.

Another thing is FSU runs a pro style offense, Bama destroys pro style offenses. A pro style offense hasn't put over 20 points on the Tide since LSU in 2010.

Look for Bama's run game to eat the clock and wear down FSU defense while limiting FSU offense time with the ball. By the 4th quarter, the Tide will be running the ball at will.

I like Bama in this game 41-14.