... first week of full practice under their belt, what does it say about this team and their chances to repeat as national champions?

First of all, the man himself, Nick Saban, threw us in the press a curve ball, he didn't say what we expected, he didn't play mind games with us or the team and was simply honest.

We expected him to say the team had a long way to go and that he wasn't pleased that this team had proved nothing or some such diatribe that would convey the message that the team couldn't rest on it's laurels and needed much improvement in every area to motivate his team to work hard.

Instead, he was optimistic and said overall he was pleased and pointed out the obvious, that this team had a lot of talent and some good ...

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