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Back in January, the Crimson Tide won the program's 16th National Championship. As Nick Saban is wont to remind us, that was last year. This year is a different season and a different year. Yet, I cannot help but see echoes of last season's team in Calvin Ridley, O.J. Howard, Cam Robinson, pretty much the whole defense and many others.
Alabama is the preseason number one ranked team and will face the troubled Southern Cal Trojans in Arlington, Texas. Jerry World should be a familiar place to many Tide players and personnel, seeing how they played two games in the Dallas Cowboys' stadium this past season - an opening 35-17 win over Wisconsin Badgers and a 38-0 rout over the Michigan State Spartans in the College Football Playoff.
For those of you new to RBR, we always start our Open Threads off with a "ROLL TIDE!"
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| OFFENSE | ||||||
| WR-X | 1 | Foster, Robert JR/2 | 3 | Ridley, Calvin SO/1 | 80 | Falkins, Raheem SR/2 |
| WR-Z | 13 | Stewart, ArDarius JR/2 | 17 | Sims, Cam JR2 | 81 | Kief, Derek RS SO/1 |
| WR-H | 3 | Ridley, Calvin SO/1 | 14 | Dieter, Gehrig RS SR/TR/1 | 17 | Sims, Cam JR2 |
| LT | 74 | Robinson, Cam JR/2 | 77 | Womack, Matt RS FR | ||
| LG | 66 | Cotton, Lester SO/1 | 59 | Warmack, Dallas SO/1 | 56 | Kennedy, Brandon RS FR |
| OC | 75 | Bozeman, Bradley JR/2 | 63 | Hassenauer, J.C. JR/2 | 67 | Casher, Josh RS SO |
| RG | 71 | Pierschbacher, Ross RS SO/1 | 50 | Taylor, Alphonse SR/3 | 56 | Kennedy, Brandon RS FR |
| RT | 73 | Williams, Jonah FR | 78 | Kirven, Korren SR/3 | ||
| TE | 84 | Hentges, Hale SO/1 | 89 | Greene, Brandon SR/3 | ||
| TE/H | 88 | Howard, O.J. SR/3 | 87 | Forristall, Miller FR | 82 | Smith, Irvin FR |
| QB | 18 | Bateman, Cooper JR/2 | 6 | Barnett, Blake RS FR | 2 | Hurts, Jalen FR |
| RB | 9 | Scarbrough, Bo SO/1 | 34 | Harris, Damien SO1 | 6 | Emmons, B.J. FR |
| DEFENSE | ||||||
| DE | 93 | Allen, Jonathan SR/3 | 9 | Hand, Da'Shawn JR/2 | ||
| NG | 94 | Payne, Da'Ron SO/1 | 69 | Frazier, Josh JR/2 | ||
| DE | 54 | Tomlinson, Dalvin SR/3 | 94 | Ball, Dakota SR2 | ||
| JACK | 56 | Williams, Tim SR/3 | 33 | Jennings, Anfernee RS SO | 24 | Hall, Terrell FR |
| SLB | 22 | Anderson, Ryan SR/3 | 47 | Miller, Christian RS SO/1 | 16 | Mosley, Jamey RS SO |
| MLB | 20 | Hamilton, Shaun Dion JR/2 | 42 | Holcombe, Keith RS SO/1 | ||
| WLB | 10 | Foster, Reuben SR/3 | 32 | Evans, Rashaan JR/2 | 3 | Wilson, Mack FR |
| CB | 29 | Fitzpatrick, Minkah SO/1 | 5 | Carter, Shyheim FR | 44 | Wallace, Levi JR |
| SS | 4 | Jackson, Eddie SR/3 | 6 | Jones, Laurence JR/2 | ||
| FS | 15 | Harrison, Ronnie SO/1 | 14 | Thompson, Deionte RS FR | ||
| CB | 26 | Humphrey, Marlon RS SO/1 | 28 | Averett, Anthony JR/2 | ||
| STAR | 29 | Fitzpatrick, Minkah SO/1 | 5 | Carter, Shyheim FR | ||
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||||
| P | 15 | Scott, JK JR/2 | ||||
| PK | 99 | Griffith, Adam SR/3 | 92 | Pappanastos, Andy RS JR/TR | ||
| LS | 55 | Mazza, Cole SR/3 | ||||
| H | 18 | Bateman, Cooper JR/2 | ||||
| PR | 3 | Ridley, Calvin SO/1 | 7 | Diggs, Trevon FR | ||
| KR | 13 | Stewart, ArDarius JR/2 | 7 | Diggs, Trevon FR | 19 | Marks, Xavian SO/1 |
| KO | 99 | Griffith, Adam SR/3 | 92 | Pappanastos, Andy RS JR/TR | ||