re: For BAMA Fans: Can you convince anyone?

Offense:

O-line: Advantage LSU, but I do not think this is as big of an advantage as most may think. One of the things that I remember about your o-line is Mett having to do the worm crawl. That is why I hesitate in joining the LSU oline hype. The Bama d-line from last year pales in comparison to the one Bama is fielding this year. That being said, there are huge question marks on our o-line with starting a true freshman at left tackle and subpar performance from left guard and right tackle.

QB: Push. Who the hell knows?

WR: Advantage Bama. Not debatable.

RB: I'm sure Fournette is the greatest thing since football was created, but he is still unproven. What will he look like in SEC play? How is he in blitz pick up? Knowledge of the playbook? He's going to be great eventually, but what will he look like this year? LSU's backups are decent, but nowhere near as talented as Jeremy Hill. Bama returns all of their backs from last year except for Dee Hart. One of the deepest backfields in college football. Advantage Alabama.

TE/hb/fb: Advantage Alabama. Kiffin may or may not be amazing as an OC, but if his past performance is indicative of what he will do at Bama, the TE's will be fed. I've never been overly impressed with the way that LSU uses tight ends. Was hoping to see more last year with Cam Cameron in that regard. LSU does, however, use their fullback as God intended. Will be interesting to see how Copeland's replacement fares.

Defense:

DL: Advantage Alabama. This may be the best D-line of the CNS era. It certainly is the deepest.

Linebackers: Advantage Alabama. Even with the loss of CJ Mosley, linebackers are a strength of this team. A lot of depth and young guys stepping up. Lee is a stud, and Ragland will prove to be valuable as well. Add in Reuben Foster and the newcomers, and you have a deep group. With LSU Kwon Alexander is a stud. I am curious to see what Beckwith does this year. Will he find a consistent place on the field this year? DJ Welter is a smart, lunch pail type player (insert other things you say about white linebackers ), but he isn't physically imposing, whiffs on tackles, etc.

Corners: Advantage LSU. And I am a little jealous that y'all have two studs returning at corner and we have two question marks. Will Cyrus Jones improve for Bama? Will Sylve stay healthy? How will the freshman measure up?

Safeties: Advantage Alabama. Landon Collins is in a contract year and will prove himself to be worthy of a first round draft pick. LSU's safeties weren't impressive last year.

Special teams:

Kicking/punting: Advantage LSU. I have no idea what your situation looks like there, but LSU usually fields good specialists. Bama's are a total crapshoot.

Returner: Advantage Alabama. With OBJ leaving for the draft, I am not sure who LSU will field as a returner. Christion Jones has been on a lot of preseason lists as a return man, and that will be a strength of the team.

I slacked off on a couple of the explanations, but you get the picture That being said, this is an August view, so there will probably be differences come November. Maybe LSU's safeties take it up a notch? Or Bama's o-line gels and becomes more of what we are used to. Or ___ gets injured/suspended and that position group suffers. Lots of different factors at play here.

TL;DR Bama is better than LSU right now.

We are your Super Bowl.

LSU has lost twice as many games as Bama in the past two years. Bama has recruited at a higher level and has a better head coach. You do the math.