re: Bama now a 2nd-tier football program, on same level as Missouri and Ole Miss

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UGA and the UTerus are first tier. So says Paul Finebaum.

Oh, dear

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That's silly.

Bama still has more talent on their roster this upcoming season then anyone apart from perhaps UGA. Yes, they might fall back if Deboer isn't great as a recruiter, but for right now they are first tier.

Bama will likely go back to being dominant if Tennessee succeeds in their lawsuit against the NCAA. While individual states have NIL laws, the state of Alabama doesn't have any. If Tennessee succeeds in eliminating the only NCAA rule on NIL (you can't have pay to play contracts), Bama essentially will have no restrictions on NIL payments to players at all since their state has no laws on it. They'll be able to offer contracts that other schools can't.

Tennessee is basically trying to make Bama stay a juggernaut.