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Bama fans, how will your defense look next year?
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:48 pm
Please try to be honest and objective, which I know can be difficult. Your defense will almost certainly not be better than this year's so please don't tell me they will be.
With who you lose, how much of a step back will yout take? Will it still be a top 5 defense? Top 10? Who is going to start for the departing players?
With who you lose, how much of a step back will yout take? Will it still be a top 5 defense? Top 10? Who is going to start for the departing players?
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Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:49 pm to WG_Dawg
Same as 2010 IMO.
Good, but young and bound to make mistakes.
A loss at LSU, and possibly a loss at Arkansas.
Good, but young and bound to make mistakes.
A loss at LSU, and possibly a loss at Arkansas.
This post was edited on 1/12/12 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:49 pm to WG_Dawg
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Please try to be honest and objective
Good luck...
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:50 pm to TigerTy
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Good, but young and bound to make mistakes.
How good? Top 3 in the SEC still?
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:50 pm to WG_Dawg
I give this thread a C-
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:52 pm to Bama98
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I give this thread a C-
I'm asking how YOUR team will looks next year. Are all non-bama threads graded D and below? Are threads only praising bama worthy of a B and above?
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:54 pm to WG_Dawg
I expect them to be the 2nd or 3rd D in the conference. Top 5-10 nationally. Peaople talk about how bad the '10 D was but we still had the best D in the conference.
Milliner-Lester-Clinton Dix/Sunseri-Dixon
Hubbard-Nico-CJ-Depriest
Dial-WIlliams-Square
Milliner-Lester-Clinton Dix/Sunseri-Dixon
Hubbard-Nico-CJ-Depriest
Dial-WIlliams-Square
This post was edited on 1/12/12 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:55 pm to WG_Dawg
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How good? Top 3 in the SEC still?
A very good chance.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:55 pm to TulaneTigerFan
All that hate is gonna burn you up, but since you're in Seattle, maybe it will keep you warm.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:56 pm to WG_Dawg
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How good? Top 3 in the SEC still?
Yep, still have Moseley, Lester, Milliner, Sunseri, DePriest and others.
I would say top 3 still. Definitely top 5.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:56 pm to WG_Dawg
DL - William and Square returning starters
LB - Johnson, Mosely returning starters
DB - Lester, Sunseri (late year starter)
Key players that weren't starters: Stinson, Dial, Billingsly, Hubbard, Depriest, Milliner, Fulton, Clinton-Dix
Incoming talent - Collins, Belue, Dixon, Ragland
Talent but not the experience. Still has the potential to be Hateful Bunch II.
LB - Johnson, Mosely returning starters
DB - Lester, Sunseri (late year starter)
Key players that weren't starters: Stinson, Dial, Billingsly, Hubbard, Depriest, Milliner, Fulton, Clinton-Dix
Incoming talent - Collins, Belue, Dixon, Ragland
Talent but not the experience. Still has the potential to be Hateful Bunch II.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:57 pm to WG_Dawg
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Top 3 in the SEC still?
probably. Our secondary might be a bit of a liability like 2010 though. So Wilson (and maybe Mettenberger) might give them trouble
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:58 pm to WG_Dawg
More coming back this year than in 2010 and 2010 was a top 10 defense.
Overall the defense will still be one of the best in the country statistically. Success will be determine on whether they have the key lapses in key situations like they did a few times in 2010.
DL - Chapman is a big loss but the DEs are coming back and there are some good NT candidates to replace Chapman.
LB - Lose Hightower, Upshaw, and Harris, but Nico Johnson and CJ Mosley have tons of experience and will provide leadership and Alabama is really deep at LB. Still, Hightower and Upshaw are all-American talents so the LB play will drop off.
DBs - Lose Kirkpatrick, Menzie, and Barron. Lester and Milliner have tons of experience and will be the leaders. This will be the biggest question mark on the D, but it won't be as green as 2010. Look for Juco help to step in right away.
I really wouldn't be surprised if this is not the top defense in the SEC, or at least right up there with LSU, and possibly Georgia.
It won't be historically good like 2011, but it will be very strong still.
Overall the defense will still be one of the best in the country statistically. Success will be determine on whether they have the key lapses in key situations like they did a few times in 2010.
DL - Chapman is a big loss but the DEs are coming back and there are some good NT candidates to replace Chapman.
LB - Lose Hightower, Upshaw, and Harris, but Nico Johnson and CJ Mosley have tons of experience and will provide leadership and Alabama is really deep at LB. Still, Hightower and Upshaw are all-American talents so the LB play will drop off.
DBs - Lose Kirkpatrick, Menzie, and Barron. Lester and Milliner have tons of experience and will be the leaders. This will be the biggest question mark on the D, but it won't be as green as 2010. Look for Juco help to step in right away.
I really wouldn't be surprised if this is not the top defense in the SEC, or at least right up there with LSU, and possibly Georgia.
It won't be historically good like 2011, but it will be very strong still.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 1:59 pm to WG_Dawg
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How good? Top 3 in the SEC still?
They allowed +/-12 ppg in '09
They allowed +/-13 ppg in '10
They allowed +/-8 ppg in '11
I think they will look similar to '10 defense. I see us losing 3 games in '12.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:00 pm to WG_Dawg
Good, but prone to mistakes. Especially in the secondary.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:00 pm to RT1941
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I see us losing 3 games in '12.
Who though?
LSU - Ya, gonna lose that one.
Arky - We own them so hard, until they beat us im considering it a W.
Other than that, there is no one our schedule that scares me.
This post was edited on 1/12/12 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:01 pm to RT1941
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. I see us losing 3 games in '12.
You will be the only bama fan on the internet to think that.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:03 pm to WG_Dawg
I see us losing 2.
LSU
Arkansas
LSU
Arkansas
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:04 pm to WG_Dawg
Talented but lacking in experience.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:05 pm to WG_Dawg
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You will be the only bama fan on the internet to think that.
What games do you expect us to lose?
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