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Title: Barnhart: Burning SEC questions: Favored 'Bama to rebuilding Gators Post by: pmull on July 21, 2011, 10:31:10 AM 1. Can the SEC win a sixth straight BCS championship? Which team here has the best chance to do it?
The answers are yes, and Alabama. The Crimson Tide lost four first-round draft choices (Marcel Dareus, Julio Jones, James Carpenter, Mark Ingram) and a veteran quarterback (Greg McElroy). But here are three things that give the 2011 team a better shot at holding up the crystal football in January: It's hungry. After losing three games, one of which came after blowing a 24-0 lead to Auburn, this team does not feel entitled. This will be Nick Saban's best defense at Alabama. The secondary is the most talented in the country and it's not close. If you can find a better pair of linebackers than Dont'a Hightower and Courtney Upshaw, please show them to me. They get their two toughest games -- Arkansas on Sept. 24 and LSU on Nov. 5 -- at home. http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/15337290/burning-sec-questions-favored-bama-to-rebuilding-gators |