re: Bama fans- Is this your best defense ever?

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It will be the best statistical defense Alabama has had since 1992. I don't think many people will ever give it the "best ever" label without a title.

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Well the team as a whole is not the best ever -- but the defense is. Statistically the best too. Better than the '92 defense and that is one hell of a fricking achievement.

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The way I see it is the only team out there that would give us a game in the BCSNC is Bama. I think the same for Bama. Either team would beat anybody else out there. Unfortunatley we had to play each other and there had to be a winner.

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Nothing unfortunate about it this year

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No doubt in my mind Alabama would shut Oregon down like we did, if not worse.

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This is the game I would love to see, if LSU and OK State win out.

The Ducks would get spanked by 2 SEC teams in one season, and shut up all of the PAC 12 hype.

Alabama just seems to be in a cycle of having an amazing defense in odd years and a great offense in even years. I would love to see when we get all three phases on the same page.

I hate to say it, but if randle signs with bama instead of lsu, you guys would of had you're missing piece. So glad he came to lsu.

Likewise we were in it with Richardson til the end.

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The offense has been good this year. Just hit up against another great defense one game this yr.

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It is every bit as good as the 2009 offense, and in some cases it compares to the 2010 offense. However, it is not as consistent as the 2010 offense. A better description would be that we've yet to have equal amounts of experience on both sides of the ball in the same year.

Stat wise it is..

But without a NC..

it will be remembered as What could have been..

I still consider 92 the all-time best. Would hate to live on the difference though.

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I hate to say it, but if randle signs with bama instead of lsu, you guys would of had you're missing piece. So glad he came to lsu.

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We would have had our missing piece had Duron Carter been eligible this year. We needed a big, possession receiver, someone who AJ could throw it up to. I love our receivers, don't get me wrong, but they are all kind of small. Next year, however, we should be fine in that department.

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Not to try to sound boastful or anything but they don't have the physical players as us.

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This is true. GAS can't hold a candle to LSU's players. LSU is on an elite level. They do, on the other hand, have the advantage of repetition in an unfamiliar system. Their precision in this offense may allow them a TD or two. Or maybe not. We'll see.

As far as UA's defense goes, though, I'm too young to remember the stellar 1961 squad, but remember clearly some of the great ones of the 70's, 90's, and the past decade. Even though there are still at least three games to go, I am impressed.

This D lacks the communication and chemistry of '79, '92, '05, and '09, but it is easily the most physically dominant I can remember. With a championship, this might have been regarded as perhaps the most talented of all time.

Even without the trophy, though, I think true football fans will look back on this D and think "wow, that was a great team". Even moreso when reflecting on the LSU game and the sheer number of future NFL players on these two defenses.

Damn, that was a great game.....