Just curious, did bama have any opt outs of significance?

No. He had 1st rounders come back and play hurt til the clock hit zero

no opt outs
several key starters returned including all their OL, top WR, top RB, and 3 best defensive players

It's a repeatable formula for him now

Promotes finishing the process instead of 3 and out.

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they have a lot more coming back next year than most people think. 

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Not on offense. Unless some of their seniors come back. Their defense will probably be better or just as good.

A terrifying thought is that literally any of their players can come back if they so choose.

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Yeah but losing Smith, Waddle, Harris, Jones and Surtain is going to hurt them.

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People said this about them losing Julio Jones. They replaced him with Amari Cooper. They said they would miss Eddie Lacy, they replaced him with Derrick Henry. They said they would miss Tua. Mac ended up being even better.

They will lose those players buy replace them with a new class of first round draft picks.

As long as Saban is at Alabama, they will never miss anyone

I think nearly all the teams they played had record opt outs and transfers. Not sure how many in top ten when they played them. I think bama had lost 1 or 2 players, so they were healthy for what we know unless they had a few with mild covid not reported. But they are expected to win NC's with the number 1 recruiting class every year.

You can't replace all that production. That team had a huge experience advantage over most teams. I can't see them duplicating this production next year.