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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Four members of the 1992 National Championship Alabama football team were on hand Friday as the Birmingham Barons faced the Moble BayBears at Regions Field. And while baseball was the game being played on the field,...
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It didn't take a crystal ball to forecast the replies of Prince Wimbley, Derrick Lassic, Antonio Langham and David Palmer. They give their title team the edge.
"I think our second team was just as good as their first team," said Palmer, a Jackson-Olin product. "That's what made us so good. Our second team was just as good as us."
Lassic acknowledged that Saban's squads and the championship team on which he played both displayed talent.
"Yeah, I think they could play with us because you can't discredit Coach Saban's coaching style and his success," he said. "He's been successful wherever he was. So was Coach (Gene) Stallings. I think it would be very similar to the LSU-Alabama games.
"We did a pretty good job of imposing our will on teams," Lassic continued. "They were strong defensively. They would hit their momma if she put on a uniform, I used to say. Offensively, you knew what we were going to do. Stop us. I think it would be a heck of a game and I give the advantage to us because I know the leadership, heart and desire that we had."
Wimbley echoed that sentiment, noting that the majority of the '92 team was senior classmen.
Langham, who played professionally under Saban as a defensive coordinator, said the current Tide coach stands apart in his preparation.
"I know how he thinks, I know how he prepares," Langham said. "It really would come down to coaching, who could outthink the other."
Wimbley said he'd put the '92 defensive backs against any of their receivers and the '92 defensive line "against their great offensive line."
"I think the difference would have been special teams. I think hands down we had one of the best special teams players ever in college football," he said of Palmer, a Heisman finalist. "He was the X factor."
Langham, like his teammates, wants to see Alabama continue to roll.
"As long as those kids keep going to the National Championship game, it gives me someplace to go in January," he said.
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It didn't take a crystal ball to forecast the replies of Prince Wimbley, Derrick Lassic, Antonio Langham and David Palmer. They give their title team the edge.
"I think our second team was just as good as their first team," said Palmer, a Jackson-Olin product. "That's what made us so good. Our second team was just as good as us."
Lassic acknowledged that Saban's squads and the championship team on which he played both displayed talent.
"Yeah, I think they could play with us because you can't discredit Coach Saban's coaching style and his success," he said. "He's been successful wherever he was. So was Coach (Gene) Stallings. I think it would be very similar to the LSU-Alabama games.
"We did a pretty good job of imposing our will on teams," Lassic continued. "They were strong defensively. They would hit their momma if she put on a uniform, I used to say. Offensively, you knew what we were going to do. Stop us. I think it would be a heck of a game and I give the advantage to us because I know the leadership, heart and desire that we had."
Wimbley echoed that sentiment, noting that the majority of the '92 team was senior classmen.
Langham, who played professionally under Saban as a defensive coordinator, said the current Tide coach stands apart in his preparation.
"I know how he thinks, I know how he prepares," Langham said. "It really would come down to coaching, who could outthink the other."
Wimbley said he'd put the '92 defensive backs against any of their receivers and the '92 defensive line "against their great offensive line."
"I think the difference would have been special teams. I think hands down we had one of the best special teams players ever in college football," he said of Palmer, a Heisman finalist. "He was the X factor."
Langham, like his teammates, wants to see Alabama continue to roll.
"As long as those kids keep going to the National Championship game, it gives me someplace to go in January," he said.
