re: Advantages between Alabama and Arkansas

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The best Arkansas coach in the last 20 years couldn't beat him in 4 tries, I doubt John L. Smith is the man to get the job done

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Winning against our 2008 and 2009 teams wasn't any big accomplishment. Nutt left the team completely devoid of talent on either side of the ball, and getting us to the Sugar Bowl in just 3 years was pretty damn good. Plus, every game Petrino coached in the defense was being coached by Willy, and he had to work with basically a defense that was a huge liability. Over the course of the offseason our defense has made huge strides under Haynes and Johnson, plus we have the deepest defensive line we've probably ever had. Not to mention we'll have two great corners (Winston has already shown improvement due to Haynes and he has 5 star ability, Willy just drove him into the ground) and Tevin is a 4 star who plays like a 5 star. Our safety position is a bit of a liability but Lowe and and Gaines have really stepped it up and Rasner gives us some great size back there. And with Tank, Alonzo, and Otha I feel great about our linebackers. Not to mention on offense we return all of our starting offensive linemen, return a 5th year senior quarterback who will go in the first round of the draft, and get Knile Davis back, not to mention DJ and Wingo

So yes, we have the best chance of beating you this year that we've had in a while