... giving Nick Saban and Joe Pendry credit for keeping talent ready to go on the offensive line at Alabama. Last year, even publications like Sports Illustrated said the team may be good, but will have problems with the offensive line due to graduation and early departure for the NFL.

I seemed to be the only voice in the wilderness saying the offensive line would not only be good, but should actually be better. The stats seemed to bear this out, along with the wins they produced.

Losing Andre Smith was smoothed over by James Carpenter transferring in from a junior college, and William Vlachos never missed a beat filling in for Antoine Caldwell. Marlon Davis was seamlessly replaced by Barrett Jones.

Not only did the rep...

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