At this point, predict our regular season record

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This readers comment form Dandy Don: "Reader Comment: Scott, I have to take issue with your optimism today. Call me the devil's advocate if you will, but I don't see this team, in its current form as a championship contender. There are just too many weaknesses. Keep in mind that the 2013 team had Zack Mettenberger, Jarvis Landry, Jeremy Hill, and Odell Beckham; and a much better defense, but failed to beat bama. The biggest problems are poor in game coaching and no short to medium passing game. If you look at the teams that beat bama in recent years, they all (A&M, Ole Miss, and Ohio State) utilized a short passing game to spread the field and take advantage of bama's larger and slower LB's and DL. We have never even tried to attack bama's weakness on defense, and we can't even throw a decent screen pass, much less hit a tight end over the middle. Miles and Cameron will beat Fournette against that large and powerful front 7 of bama's and occasionally throw deep. Bama will counter by stacking the line of scrimmage and keeping a deep safety for the long pass. It has worked for them every year. On offense, they will run Henry against our thin DL and LB's and throw crossing routes to Riddley, something that we have show we cannot cover. They'll also throw a good bit to the TE's and RB's, the other thing we don't seem to be able to cover. You need to keep in mind that we haven't played any of the top 3 teams in the SECW other than ourselves. I still think that we are a 9-2 team when it is all said and done, and that is a shame, because the talent is there, but the player development and coaching are not"

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