Just listened to PHIL STEELE on ESPN roll out his top 10 at the beginning of the season. He has the top 4 like this:
1. OSU
2. TCU
3. USC
4. ALABAMA
(By the way, he has UGA at #6, LSU is at # 10 and Auburn at # 14)
He took a lot of flak from the panel he was being interviewed by about why he thinks Alabama should be a #4 team and, if everything plays out as Phil expects, will be in the PLAYOFF again this year.
He started off by saying that in his opinion Alabama has the #1 Defense in the country and he bases it on his opinion that Alabama has the # 1 D-line, the #3 set of linebackers and the #7 set of DB's. Phil says that in his opinion this makes Alabama have the best defense in the country.
He thinks that Alabama will probably lose one game at least in the season with the toughest schedule in the country this year as well. (He thinks USC has the 2nd toughest schedule by the way).
He also says Alabama's linebackers are 'faster' this year which will help them in underneath routes and this will help the secondary as well; also, he likes the "talented athletes" in the secondary.
As far as Offense, Phil thinks among 6 or 7 guys (who are capable) a few will step up and emerge at WR this year in the absence of Cooper and he mentioned that as far as QB is concerned this year that Alabama won two national championships in the past few years with first year starters and 'Alabama should be fine' at QB this year with the playmakers on offense".
He really was pretty high on Alabama this year despite the tough schedule and no Amari and 1st year QB.
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1. OSU
2. TCU
3. USC
4. ALABAMA
(By the way, he has UGA at #6, LSU is at # 10 and Auburn at # 14)
He took a lot of flak from the panel he was being interviewed by about why he thinks Alabama should be a #4 team and, if everything plays out as Phil expects, will be in the PLAYOFF again this year.
He started off by saying that in his opinion Alabama has the #1 Defense in the country and he bases it on his opinion that Alabama has the # 1 D-line, the #3 set of linebackers and the #7 set of DB's. Phil says that in his opinion this makes Alabama have the best defense in the country.
He thinks that Alabama will probably lose one game at least in the season with the toughest schedule in the country this year as well. (He thinks USC has the 2nd toughest schedule by the way).
He also says Alabama's linebackers are 'faster' this year which will help them in underneath routes and this will help the secondary as well; also, he likes the "talented athletes" in the secondary.
As far as Offense, Phil thinks among 6 or 7 guys (who are capable) a few will step up and emerge at WR this year in the absence of Cooper and he mentioned that as far as QB is concerned this year that Alabama won two national championships in the past few years with first year starters and 'Alabama should be fine' at QB this year with the playmakers on offense".
He really was pretty high on Alabama this year despite the tough schedule and no Amari and 1st year QB.
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