Michigan has the potential to play with GA I think, although having watched both, GA has a decided advantage in the quality of their athletes. I’m looking forward to that game. I just don’t see Cincy being able to hang with Bama. They will never have seen anything like Alabama’s receivers which are ridiculous. Maybe if they can survive the storm as they say of the first quarter they’ll hang for a bit but otherwise I’ll believe it when I see it.
keep reading about alabama's receivers and i agree williams is very talented, but the tide's leading receiver is down with an acl and he isn't pulling a waddle this year and playing at 60%
bolden is good, not great and the other thing people forget they did play uga in 2020 in the bowl game and they did play THE ohio state in 2019 who had a pretty decent group of receivers then, good enough in fact that williams for bama could not get on the field on a regular basis
this comes down to the lines for me. can bama's tackles who were banged up at the end of the year pass block against the cincy front, can bama effectively run the ball and can bama's backs stay healthy. robinson is their run game and a big part of the passing game
defensively, can bama apply pressure with more than one defender
the other variable most of you keep forgetting is the bill o'brien factor. this man scheissed up an offense with deshaun watson and de'andre hopkins.