07:23 PM ET  08.22 |  If your listening to sports media, watching college previews on television, or reading printed publications on the 2008 college football season the overall consensus about the University Of Alabama football team is that they are still one to two years away from being a SEC or National contender. I'm here to tell you all don't believe the hype! Alabama returns 10 starters on offense and 6 on defense. Combine this with a number one recruiting class it's a recipe for gridiron dynamite! We all know when BAMA takes the field in the Georgia Dome against Clemson there will some new faces, yes new faces but these "new faces" are playmakers. #8 JULIO JONES, #1 B.J. SCOTT, #4 MARK BARRON, #15 DARIUS HANKS, #5 JERRELL HARRIS, #62 MT. TERRANCE CODY, #72 TYLER LOVE, #36 CHRIS JORDAN, #2 STAR JACKSON ETC, I HAVE BEEN WATCHING CRIMSON TIDE FOOTBALL FOR THIRTY YEARS AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS UPCOMING SEASON I AM JUST AS EXCITED ABOUT 2008 AS ANY I'VE WATCHED IN MY CRIMSON TIDE FAN "CAREER." I ALSO BELIEVE BRINGING IN JIM MCELWAIN FROM FRESNO STATE WAS AN EXCELLENT CHOICE BY COACH SABAN. I WANT TEAMS THAT PLAY ALABAMA TO KNOW NO MATTER WHAT PART OF THE FIELD THEIR ON, ALABAMA CAN BE THAT "QUICK STRIKE" OFFENSE THAT TEAMS FEAR. AS FAR AS THE DEFENSE ALABAMA WILL BE AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER THAN THE 2007 SQUAD. RIGHT OFF THE BAT ALABAMA WILL GET TO MEASURE ITSELF WITH A NON-CONFERENCE BATTLE WITH CLEMSON. IF YOU LISTEN TO THE COLLEGE PREVIEW FOR THIS GAME, THEY ALL SAY ALABAMA HAS NO CHANCE TO WIN. I'M HERE TO SAY ALABAMA CAN PLAY PUNCH FOR PUNCH WITH THIS CLEMSON TIGERS TEAM. FINAL THOUGHT TO CONSIDER, CLEMSON RETURNS ONLY 1 STARTER ON IT'S OFFENSIVE LINE. THAT'S NOT VERY GOOD NEWS FOR JAMES DAVIS, C.J. SPILLER, AND QB CULLEN HARPER. LET'S SEE CLEMSON'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DREAMS GO WASHING DOWN THE STORM DRAINS AT THE GEORGIA DOME!!    ROLL TIDE ! ROLL TIDE! ROLL TIDE!         ALABAMA FANS POST YOUR COMMENTS OR BLOGS THEY WILL APPRECIATED AND WELCOMED! ALL OTHER COMMENTS FROM A NEGATIVE VIEWPOINT DON'T MEAN !*@$ TO ME!  COUNTING THE DAYS, HOURS, MINUTES, AND SECONDS UNTIL THE ALABAMA 2008 FOOTBALL KICKOFF!!!!!!!!!!!!