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Alabama (9-1, 6-1) – The Tide’s loss to Texas A&M only dropped Nick Saban’s squad to #4 in the BCS and that’s the positive. The negative is that Kirby Smart’s defense has had its share of troubles in the secondary the past few weeks. The four highest passing totals against Bama all season have come in UA’s last four games (203 yards for Tennessee, 209 yards for Mississippi State, 296 yards for LSU and 253 yards for Texas A&M). Both LSU (435) and Texas A&M (418) became the first two Alabama foes all year to roll up more than 282 yards of total offense. Right now, there’s no guarantee if this Bama defense even got to the BCS title game that it could shut down a high-scoring offense as so many previous SEC/BCS champs have done.
Florida (9-1, 7-1) – The Gators are the longest long shot still on our board. First, UF’s offense isn’t im...
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TEAMS: Georgia Bulldogs, Alabama Crimson Tide, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Mississippi Rebels, Kansas State Wildcats, Oregon State Beavers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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Everyone's a critic.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley becomes the latest person in the state to second-guess Alabama head football coach Nick Saban's playcalling in the loss to Texas A&M. (al.com)
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