Alabama 2011 College Football preview

If you ask Nick Saban he was not happy the way his team played in 2010 as he fell short of expectations. He was hoping to defend his National Championship, but it did not work out for him. The Crimson Tide will go into the 2011 campaign without Mark Ingram as he has opted to go to the NFL. The Tide also lost Julio Jones a talented wide receiver to the NFL as well. Do not feel bad for Alabama though as they have plenty of talent left.

On defense the Tide should be good as they did not lose a lot. The one thing that Alabama did in the off-season was get a bumper crop of talented freshman to sign with them. This means the Tide will still be one of the teams to beat in the tough SEC. Look for the Alabama’s defense to be improved from last year as sometimes it let them down.

Overall Alabama will get to 10 wins again. The key I think will be the defense as they must play better, especially in big games. Against Auburn and South Carolina they let them control the game when it counted and that cannot happen this year. The Tide will contend in the SEC, and probably for another National Championship as well.

Alabama 2011 Season Schedule

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Schedule

Date/Time Opponent

Sat. 09/03/11
11:21 a.m. CT Kent State

Sat. 09/10/11
2:30 p.m. CT at Penn State

Sat. 09/17/11
Time TBA North Texas

Sat. 09/24/11
Time TBA Arkansas

Sat. 10/01/11
Time TBA at Florida

Sat. 10/08/11
Time TBA Vanderbilt

Sat. 10/15/11
Time TBA at Ole Miss

Sat. 10/22/11
Time TBA Tennessee

Sat. 10/29/11 Open Date --- ---

Sat. 11/05/11
Time TBA LSU

Sat. 11/12/11
Time TBA at Mississippi State

Sat. 11/19/11
Time TBA Georgia Southern

Sat. 11/26/11
Time TBA at Auburn

Sat. 12/03/11
4:00 p.m. ET SEC Championship 1
1 at Atlanta, GA (Georgia Dome)