For all of you Alabama haters in here (and I know there are many), the news only gets worse for 2019. The Tide only lose 4 starters on offenese and just two on defense. Now this can change after the Championship game, but if you think the Tide is going to lose a bunch of players, that is not going to happen.
To make matters worse, the Tide's 2019 schedule is, if anything, easier than the 2018 schedule. Their toughest non-con game is in Atlanta (where else) against Duke. Their other 4 games away from home are at South Carolina, at Texas A&M (the week after one of their two their bye weeks), at Mississippi State (who loses 7 starters on defense) and at Auburn, who is in a constant state of disarray. By the way, their second bye week comes the week before their games against LSU. Pencil them in as the #1 team starting the 2019 season.
Other teams that will receive some ink are Clemson, who loses a lot on defense, Michigan, though they lose 6 starters on defense, Ohio State, depending on what Haskins does (they could be #2), Oregon, who returns their entire offense and 7 defensive starters, but who has a tough away schedule (Auburn in Dallas, Washington, Stanford, and USC), OU and Texas of the Big 12 and SEC powers Georgia and LSU.
To make matters worse, the Tide's 2019 schedule is, if anything, easier than the 2018 schedule. Their toughest non-con game is in Atlanta (where else) against Duke. Their other 4 games away from home are at South Carolina, at Texas A&M (the week after one of their two their bye weeks), at Mississippi State (who loses 7 starters on defense) and at Auburn, who is in a constant state of disarray. By the way, their second bye week comes the week before their games against LSU. Pencil them in as the #1 team starting the 2019 season.
Other teams that will receive some ink are Clemson, who loses a lot on defense, Michigan, though they lose 6 starters on defense, Ohio State, depending on what Haskins does (they could be #2), Oregon, who returns their entire offense and 7 defensive starters, but who has a tough away schedule (Auburn in Dallas, Washington, Stanford, and USC), OU and Texas of the Big 12 and SEC powers Georgia and LSU.
