I'm a bit concerned about the injuries keep piling up

UGA was a mash unit by the time they played ND in the playoffs.

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doesn't look like Missouri has as many as we do.

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They've had their backup in by the third quarter of three of their games.

When people have talked about signs of poor conditioning in recent years, there's this take that "Oh but we're staying so healthy." Unclear where people are getting that from, but it really doesn't hold up to any scrutiny. Even in 2020 you had a point in the NCG where Bama was missing Smith, Waddle, Harris, Dickerson, and had Jones visibly limping. Ensuing year injuries cost the team the national title.

Ballou's teams are chronically injured and players he conditions fail to develop as expected. Way more recruiting busts over the last 5 years than over the preceding 10. You also routinely see Bama players getting dragged down the field and blown off the line of scrimmage over the past few seasons, which was unheard of in the 2010s. This has been one of the major things handicapping this program for five years, but many can't face it because their opinion of Ballou was set when he inherited a stacked team in year one. The man is obese himself, which tells you all you need to know.