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Not from Herbie. Chatter coming from Alabama fans who say they are close to program. TIFWIW.

Alabama is very sound and probably one of the best coached teams around in terms of gap assignment and edge containment. They tackle very well and they can confuse QB's with their checks and changes.

Things simply change for your team offensively when you play Alabama. Yeah it sounds good to think you're going to have some success and you probably will here and there. But overall your offensive will take a dip in some fashion.

Alabama is the only SEC defense to hold Miss St to one score

Alabama outscored A&M 42-7 at one point. I do not think another defense this year will do that to them.

Alabama held Ole Miss scoreless which I do not think will happen again this season by any other team.

No other team has held Arkansas scorless

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I love the willful ignorance.

If you beat 4 crappy teams by 1 point on a last second FG or in OT it says a lot about your team vs. beating those same 4 crappy teams by 30.

Sure, the record is 4-0 in both cases, but it ain't the damn same when it comes to predicting the future.

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This. See ND from last year. They had fans really expecting to play a good game against Alabama. The rest of the world knew what was coming.

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Bama's cupcake schedule coming home to roost 11/9.

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But you lost to Ole Miss though :dunno:

I've been away for a while. LSU fans still crying. ok.... Be back next month.

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I have a hard enough time keeping up with Arkansas' players so I sure don’t have the time, or the interest, in keeping up with other team's players. If someone answers a simple question I have no reason, or the time, to validate.

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Dalvin Tomlinson. He was the first DE off the bench and was very impressive in the first game before his season ending injury. Alabama fans heard a lot about Tomlinson last year regarding how well he was performing in practice so it wasn't a surprised to see him play well in the first game. His injury was disappointing but he's going to be a good player.

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that D was stout in 2011...like you said I see 2 or 3 potential sunday players...CJ and HAHA maybe belue but other than that...not real sure

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HaHa, Mosely, Hubbard, Pagan, and Stinson all are NFL players.

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you should have left that part off there... because JM got more yards on us in that game than ANY game ever, which absolutely leaves us up to fair criticism.

but the truth is in the middle, like normal. they can dissuade themselves about our D all they want into believing it sucks. but deep down everyone knows it was just a high octane / emotional / crazy game, and our D will prove itself the rest of this season to any doubters.

honestly, it's best people have the perception that it's NOT as good. better to be under-estimated than over-estimated.

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I agree the criticism is fair because of the yardage, but a lot of people would not have even thought about the yardage if that game ended 49-28. The talk would be Alabama defense gave up some plays to Manziel, but got the stops when needed and how it's hard to stop A&M.

The SEC has a hammer????

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I doubt you'll see many sane Bama fans predicting a blowout now. Many of us are pretty worried about this game. I still think we win, but my confidence has definitely taken a blow.

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My confidence is still about the same. I've seen Alabama too many times play a top ranked team like monsters and then all of a sudden struggle offensively against a lesser opponent. They destroy Clemson and then struggle to move the ball against Tulane only to play UGA and play fine. They struggle against Kent State but then turn around and play well on the road against Penn State. They destroy Michigan but then all of a sudden give up six sacks against Western Kentucky.

They could very well have problems but I'm not buying until I see it against a team that will pose a serious threat. Plus it was the first game and VaTech did some nice scheming defensively of their own.

31-20 Bama.