By forgetting about title run, No. 1 Alabama hopes to repeat it

[BamaMan]

Here comes a preseason No. 1 ranking ... and why not? After all, Alabama returns a starting quarterback who has never lost a game he started in high school or college; a Heisman Trophy running back who is at his best after he’s been hit two or three times on each play; and a sure-handed wide receiver who manages to find himself open on every pass pattern.
 
The line is loaded with experience and the defense, though returning only two starters, has a talented group of players who logged plenty of playing time in the national championship run last season...

“That can’t be determined in a poll, and it doesn’t make any difference what anybody thinks, it’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.”
 
That’s the message Saban has been trying to get across to his players. They seem to have listened.
 
“We’re not worried about last year’s team. We won the championships, both SEC and national, and those will be there forever,” said Mark Ingram, the returning Heisman Trophy winner. “This year we’re focused on our team. We can’t live in the past because we are going to be judged on the future.”

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