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Pros:

– AJ McCarron, he of the beauty queen girlfriend and nation-leading passing efficiency, will be gunning for his third straight national championship as quarterback. That's potentially pretty epic.

– Nick Saban (68-13 as Alabama head coach) has just enough Bond smarts and Bond villain smarm to pull off both roles.

– Protecting the blind side is future NFL first-round pick and Great Football Name™ Cyrus Kouandjio.

– T.J. Yeldon, the first freshman in school history to rush for 1,000 yards, will only be better this time around, even with three new starting O-linemen.

– Junior defensive back Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. (That's all.)

– ROLL TIDE. ROLL TIDE? ROLL TIDE!

Cons:

– Saban doesn't command the abject fear (Bear Bryant) or familiar-feeling folksiness (Gene Stallings) of other great Crimson Tide coaching legends.

– Alabama players head to the NFL with such frequency and rapidity that there's little time to appreciate their individual greatness.

– Ignorantly yelling ROLL TIDE! in the wrong part of the state could be an unwise (last) move. Roll with caution, always.