🏈 Tony Barnhart:

[TerryP]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- When you are talking about a football program like Alabama's, you have to be careful when using words like "best ever."

Because:

You're talking about a school that has won three of the past four national championships and 15 overall.

You're talking about a school where three Hall of Famers (Wallace Wade, Frank Thomas, Bear Bryant) have coached, where Gene Stallings (who should be in the Hall of Fame) won a national championship in 1992 and where a future Hall of Famer (Nick Saban) is currently employed.

You're talking about a school that is sixth on the all-time wins list with 827 and has been to more bowl games (60) and won more bowl games (34) than any other team.

So, yes, you need to think about it before using the words "best ever" in the same sentence with Alabama.
<aside>
</aside>But here goes.

The 2013 Alabama football team will feature the best set of wide receivers in the history of the school.

I floated the proposition on a recent trip to Tuscaloosa and no one disagreed.

"As a group we can be one of the best that Alabama has ever had," said sophomore Amari Cooper, who burst onto the scene as the big-play man on the 2012 national championship team. "All of us are really good and really fast. All of us know how to make plays."

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[ElephantStomp]

I would agree with his assessment. I don't recall a time in school history where Alabama had a collection of receivers like this.

 

[bama alum]

I would agree with his assessment. I don't recall a time in school history where Alabama had a collection of receivers like this.

Yep! When I was a kid, Bama had both Joey Jones and Jesse Bendross. As a ten year-old, I had nothing to compare them to except Swann and Stallworth, so I thought they were really good (and they were). (I went to the campus one weekend and saw Bendross at the rec center and couldn't believe how big he was...again, from a kid's point of view). Then one year, Bama signed both Keith Brown and DJ Hall, and I thought these two were going to be THAT tandem...Well, uhm, no...(I still blame Brodie Croyle's ACL v. WCU on DJ Hall.)

These guys we have now, they're it! No doubt about it. And what's better than the aforementioned receivers is that they're not just a duo...not even a trio. This is a non-stop and relentless weapon that CNS and CDN can repeatedly use anytime, anywhere. Probably a pretty darn good reason why AJ's Heisman chances are 10-1.

 

[psychojoe]

IMO the best tandem that we ever had was Ray Perkins and Dennis Homan. I saw them play multiple times when I was in HS. Both had speed, great hands, moves, and if you didn't block as a WR you did not see the field for Bryant.

It remains to be seen how this group will measure up by comparison, but there is no doubt that they are much deeper.

 

[bamafan4ever]

Well, I thought Julio Jones, Darius Hanks and Maze were pretty damn good.

 

[JoshB]

^^ It was good but just not near as deep as this years group.

 

[BAMA JAMMA]

It's not just with the WR's either! But yea this is as deep in talent as I've ever seen or heard of Alabama having. :bow:

 

[planomateo]

I'm anxious to see AJ's development this year, having all these options has got to be a gold mine for Nuss with Sr QB.