They will all be hard games because everyone likes to give the defending champs all they got.
Everyone plays Bama tough just because they are Alabama.
Yeah, we will have young players, on the road, getting everyone's A-game. It will be quite a test. I wouldn't discount Mizzou just yet, either, that's a place Bama has never played. They won their bowl game, and didn't they beat that team (Iowa State) that beat the team-that-shoulda-coulda-but-didnt (OkSt) 52-17? That bears repeating, 52-17. Hear that OkSt, there's a reason you're still in the BigWhatever Conference, playing in the chips and dip bowl. Losing to a team that Missouri beat 52-17, and getting lucky to beat Stanford, no, you didn't belong. Slide you right out of any serious consideration.