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Title: Bama defense embraces ’09 comparisons Post by: pmull on August 27, 2011, 08:32:27 AM The defensive unit from the 2009 title team opened the season amid comparisons to the 1992 championship squad. The current lineup led by All-American safety Mark Barron and linebacker Dont’a Hightower is fielding plenty of questions about whether it can measure up to the ‘09 champs — or maybe top them.
Hightower & Co. aren’t exactly dodging such talk. “We can be great,” junior linebacker Nico Johnson said. “I honestly think we could be better than ‘09 defense. We’ve still got a lot of work to do, but I seriously think that.” The Tide returns 10 starters — eight more than last year — from a defense that ranked third nationally in scoring defense and fifth in total yards allowed despite that inexperience. http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20110826/WIRE/110829844 Title: Re: Bama defense embraces ’09 comparisons Post by: Coach Hank Crisp on August 27, 2011, 08:50:57 AM Thanks pmull. Good report. Defense will keep you in games when offense is struggling.
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