re: Over under 8 wins for Bama next year

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Big problem for most teams these days. With the way kids transfer out and leave early it's almost impossible to forecast what your weaknesses will be beyond the next season.

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Yep - agree. The biggest thing is who else leaves. So far they've lost a lot of depth, a few solid players (Niblack, Bond, Proctor) and 1 absolute superstar (Downs). If they don't have any other huge losses, the starter lineups on both sides look pretty solid (secondary being the most glaring). There are some rising sophomores on defense who are blue chip, elite prospects that didn't play at all this year (Keeley, Russaw, Pierre). Keeping those guys around is a pretty huge deal, IMHO. Both for 2024 but also for 2025. And frankly I have no clue if they will or not. If all those guys do stick, you've got a 2 deep on the DL that is probably as good as we've had since 2018/2019, especially when you throw in returning both the ILBs.

But it's all speculation because who knows who stays and goes.