re: Reputation vs Reality

Who have we lost to AND when? Who has Bama beaten that is considered good AND when? If you follow the progression of the teams on Bama's schedule, only Ole Miss seems to be playing worse than when they played them. A lot of that has to do with injuries to a young OLINE and already depleted defense. OM defense is putrid.
We got them when they were bad. Bama just the opposite.
USC is NOT the same team Bama beat - they are perceived better, BUT don't be fooled. The teams they beat since the win streak have been declining fast - so they are like us. All I can go by is the eye test which is difficult to judge based on the given facts.

Our OLINE and Dlines hold the power of winning and losing for this game as it is usually the case. If you believe that Bamas dline is so
Much better than ours that scheming will keep us in the game, then probably count this as a loss because ultimately we are matching Sabans strength with Steve Ensminger. I'm taking Saban every time in that match up. Then Kiffin will do enough to win on offense.

So those jumping to conclusions is just not a good way to approach this game. Be cautiously optimistic.

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