Should Alabama Fans be Worried About Duke?

They're a mighty fine football team.

Yeah... if they get overconfident, they may give up 200 total yards and only win by 35, and Saban will break someone’s neck on Monday in practice.

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I'm sure Ole Miss fans can tell you that the biggest mistake their program ever made was getting rid of him.

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Holy hell no! Otis was a terrible coach at Ole Miss and pissed away some of the best talent that we've ever assembled. He is Matt Luke part 1.

Well I've heard it said by people who's opinions I respect that Ole Miss really screwed the land-shark by firing Cutcliffe.

We got Portland State in week 1. Duke =/= Portland State. Duke >>> Portland State.

But I take your point. All I'm saying is I think this game will be closer than the experts think. Alabama is breaking in SEVEN new coaches this season. Sure, they do that every year, but the possibility is always there that they come out and shite the bed. If they do, Duke is good enough to beat them.

i have yet to see you make a decent post

Alabama will keep it fairly vanilla, work on certain aspects of the game they want to see in live action, and rotate a lot of players in and out to see how they perform. Is Saban worried about Duke? A good coach always respects his opponent and there are multiple unknowns in week 1. But as Saban likes to say, "Control what you can control, and play to a standard." Not to the level of your opponent. So if Alabama plays to the standard it is capable of, Duke will get obliterated. Personally, I think Saban will hold them down some with the vanilla game plan just so he can bitch Monday about how piss poor they looked and how much they have to work on.
Bama 38 Duke 3

Good post. It just seems to me that this game isn't getting much hype. It's the type of game I would expect to be a shocker. And I'm not trying to troll here. I know that no coach wants their players to read their own press clippings, but you also don't want people sleep walking into a game like this.

Duke is a very respectable opponent.

Talk to the hand, because the face ain't listenin'.

that was actually better than what i thought you were capable of. have an upvote.