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I hate to hear that being a Saints fan. lol

Wrong....Lacy may not be 100% but he is a freak. Both TR and MI said as much. He will, barring major injury, make many take notice. EL will be a household name this yr. RTR

Holes in your DL spells trouble given Alabama has what will likely be the best OL in the country and a stable of RB's like Lacy, Yeldon, Fowler, Hart. Bama is going to pound Michigan for 4 quarters. Eventually, Michigan will wilt and Bama will run wild. This will also open up the play action for AJ which is how we strive in the passing game.

On the other side, our front 7 is our strength and our LB's are fast enough to keep Denard hemmed in the pocket which is obviously the game plan. We'll have a couple of new starters at DB but we return two other guys with 2 years starting experience. I also don't exactly fear Michigan's passing game.

I think this is a horrible matchup for Michigan. Slow start or not, Bama will wear Michigan down and win comfortably.

Nah. He's fine. That was an Internet rumor.

Didn't mean to quote you Bogeyman

Look I like Bama always have. That being said I like most Michigan fans dont fear Saban. That non fear stems from his days at MSU. Also it is completely relevant because I was responding to the comment that Saban is always ready for the big games which his track record shows otherwise. Lastly I like and respect Bama, and also respect Saban but I dont fear him. He is a good coach, great recruiter, and an even better talent evaluator. I wish you all the best of luck even the ones who down voted me it was not my intention to flame or troll.

I just call it how I see it. Maybe, just maybe, UM has a tough enough OL to make a difference, but I seriously doubt that they do. Also, maybe Bama's running game is not up for the challenge, and UM's secondary stands tall with a few big game changing turnovers, but I am not very confident that will happen. The real key for UM is to keep Bama's jumbo defense on the field for as long as possible. Bama's success is based off of their defenses ability to get off of the field fast. Their defense is big and fast, but their size does not allow them to do it for 65+ plays a game. Last year none of their opponents were able to accomplish that task before the game was out of reach. I think it will be a lot of the same this year. Bama's defense makes it hard for other teams to get more than 40-50 meaningful plays.

8 home games for UM kinda skewing those stats

To answer the question, yes I think we'll start a little slow. I think we'll keep it simple and pound the ball on the ground. If its successful then we'll stick it to and it will probably be a boring victory (as boring as a victory of UM could be).

Considering that controlling the ball is offensive and dominating a defense is... Defense, then can't you do both? Or should we just play great D and say "Eh, as long as we dominate on D the offense really doesn't matter".

What I'm trying to say is... Your post makes no sense.

Defense is a no brainer for Bama; I can see that, but it better be Bama's focus. This is just how I see it. Nonetheless, I think Bama's defense dominates, and Bama wins by 2-3 TD's.