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As long as Saban is at the helm of the Alabama program, they will always field a great team.

man that sucks

I see USC running over everybody

If Michigan wants to beat Alabama they need to be at least +2 in the turnover department and have a big play on special teams. I think if it's a turnover free game Alabama's superior talent will eventually start to show.

I call Bullshit on this whole post. Let's quit giving Bama so much damn credit and give our guys a chance. You stop their run game, you win, period. McCarron is not goin to beat you throwing the ball especially since he WR's peaced out. Their D will be good but young and will make some mistakes. Have faith, in Borges and Denard. It will be like Rocky trying to catch a chicken, you wait and see. forever.

Just had same argument with Bama fans. A.J is not that good in my eyes. Stop the run is the key. I just read an article stating Bama made it as easy as possible for the kid with play action and short dump off passes. Enough said.

Once u come up for air from Sabans pants look at the depth chart. They have 4 returning starters and 4 freshman startingasking 7 total first year starters. It will take a whole lot to be even half as good as last year. Get off their jock!!!!

They're gonna be tough. To think otherwise is foolhardy. But, I give us a chance. I think most people outside of the Michigan fan base aren't sold on Hoke & Co, and that's just fine by me.

It's the first game of the year for both teams. We have as much experience as they do. We're starting a 3rd year QB who should make strides in his passing game. I'm looking forward to the game and expect us to compete to the bitter end.

It's Bama... they're pretty much a shoe in for a top 5 or 10 team in the country every year. They have more talent on their depth chart than most teams have starting. Yes, Bama will be good.

It wasn't that long ago that Bama was garbage. UF, LSU, and UG were smackin them regularly. Don't act like they're a dynasty and always have been. They've had their down times too just like everyone else. And by the way....they won't have anymore talent on the field than we do come game time. They may a couple better athletes but we have experience and hungry players. UM got the eye of the tiger son.

Moon, your approach to this game is too simple imo. Some of my thoughts:

- Bama's skill players at WR will be inexperienced but they have been in the program for a while so they will be ready. Moreover, do you realize that our WR corps going into this game has limited experience in Al Borges' system?

- You're underestimating McCarron. IIRC, McCarron is the first sophomore QB to start and win a BCS title game. Moreover, McCarron impressed me a lot with some of the throws he made in the title game. It was clear that he had worked his azz off and studied game film for hours during the month leading up to the game. He was sharp and did exactly what was needed of him: move the ball through the air so that LSU couldn't stack the box and play the run. Just because he's not Andrew Luck or Matt Barkley or Robert Griffin does not mean that he's not an effective game manager. Our one and only title in the modern era came with a QB (Griese) that was a game manager.

- Stopping Bama's running game won't be easy...even with a Bear defense. It should be clear by now what type of RB Saban prefers. And you better believe the Hoke wants to have a similar RB as our lead rusher. Tackling well and wrapping up will be essential. Our defense will have to fly to the ball and occasionally group tackle.

- Our offense will have to be dynamic for this game. We'll have to take some risks (like Miles often does in critical junctures). But more than anything we'll have to use a mix of power, spread, and triple option to win this game. We'll have to keep Bama's defense guessing and confused.

Please everybody, play nice.