re: DeVonta Smith, the most decorated WR in CFB history, named SEC's Male Athlete of the Year

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LSU, proved it on the road in 2019. All Bama's best players in the 2020 season* were on the field in 2019.

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I keep seeing this weak argument presented over and over again. Since when in college football is a team the same team the following year? Every team is different every single season because college kids grow and learn so much year over year as they mature. The 2020 Alabama football team was much better than the 2019 Alabama football team and for two main reasons: One, we were playing with a healthy quarterback. Two, our defense in 2020 was better than the 2019 defense in every way. We struggled through the first few games of the season, but as the season grew on the 2020 defense became formidable and proved it down the stretch.