The Re emergance of Joe Addai. This guy has his heart back. The shifting of positions and the injury are behind him. The New Alley Broussard. Stonger and lighter this guy put in the effort during the off season. Early Doucet. For not really playing Receiver in high school his senior year and then going play in front of 90K plus I like what I see in this young man. And since Saban is playing him to the extent he is, he must have the work ethic NS wants. These were some of my "most obvious." Also the lack of injuries must say something about the conditioning. I saw in the Fla. game in the 4th qtr. the gators were dragging at the end of several plays.
Rather than focusing on specific players, I'd say the bright spot has been defensive play. Some of you are already thinking out your response after reading my first sentence...... What I mean is that there has not been a huge dropoff in this year's defense in comparison to last year's defense.