I agree with HSC that we have things we need to improve on. Specifically the OL and running game. I hope the coaching staff was able to use the bye week to fix a few things and get us ready for 7 straight weeks of football. I don't see anyone beating us as long as we don't beat ourselves. We also need to stay healthy. We don't need to lose any more key players.
As for USCe goes I still don't know how good they are. I was impressed last night against UGA. Again I don't know how good UGA is either. The old ball coach can get his team up to play big games on occasion. His USCe teams can fall flat on their face at times too. Down by 17 to Kentucky and Vandy should have beat them. They look like the best in the east but I expect them to lose 1 or 2 games. Florida and LSU will test them.
I want to blame a lot of Bama's poor showing the past two games on mental fatigue. I think the players know how to block and tackle but when the brain has been stretched to it's limit by CNS and his complex system since early August, poor play is usually the result at some point in time. I can't take out the fact fact of some key injuries, which is forcing some of the players to assume another playing position, which creates a lot of mental mistakes as well. There are some players that most of us are wondering why they aren't playing more, well CNS still has his doghouse and there are a few in it. There are some that just don't like to go to class and do their classroom studies.