re: With Oregon getting manhandled is there any doubt bama would stomp them?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Give a defense, a sound running game and I will beat you every, single time. You can have the fancy helmets, shoes, white outs, black outs, cool offenses and formations, a QB that wings it every play and goes for 4000 yards, etc. Give a couple of mean arse linebackers, smart, disciplined o lineman and a back that runs where the daylight is. Give me a QB that doesn't have to put up Heisman numbers every week for me to win but instead is part of a TEAM. T-E-A-M. Give me a team that just wants to play and didn't come to my school for the uniforms. If THAT gets you recruits then you are a second rate university and probably a losing one when the money is on the line.