1. They’re a tough team that hits Alabama at just the right time. Last season Alabama lost to a Texas A&M team after a
draining an emotional win over LSU the week before. Though they’ll play a cupcake Colorado State immediately before the Ole Miss game, they could still be in a funk after serving revenge on Texas A&M. If they dispatch A&M in the manner this writer thinks they will,
they may not take the lesser regarded but equally dangerous Rebels as seriously as they should.
2. If you listen to Nick Saban and I always listen to Nick Saban and if you believe what Nick Saban says and I believe about 95% of everything he says, then you should know that Saban said that Ole Miss was the toughest game they played last season.
So if you listened and believed that, then imagine how much tougher it could be this year, when they’re returning all but six of the 22 starters from last year including the nation’s number one recruit who will surely be a difference maker, even as a freshman.