Alabama has been SEC West’s best over past quarter-century

BamaMoon

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Alabama and Florida are trending in opposite directions in that 25 year span. UF dominated the first part of it, compared to Alabama. But Bama has dominated the last 10 years.

I do think Coach Mac will turn the program around, but I don't see it keeping up with Alabama's dominance as we've seen in the last 10 of those 25 years.

BTW, Auburn is accurately describe there as "The Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde" of the SEC but I hate that we are only 12-12 against them in this time span. We always played them tough during the down years but losing 6 straight tilted the record heavily to them during this time frame.
 

B1GTide

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W/L records aren't meaningless, but they are trumped by the one thing that really matters - championships. How many divisional, SEC and national championships does each team have? That's all we need to know.
 

TideMan09

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I'll give credit where credit is due, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Miss St & the rest of the SEC has made us earn our domination over the league..They've all upgraded their HC's, Coaching Staffs, investing big time $$$$ into their Football Programs just like we have at Bama..

That's why The SEC has dominated the sport over the last 15-20yrs, in a way, like no other conference has dominated the game..It's caused The Crimson Tide up our game to our fullest capacity & that's paved the way for "The Process" to keep on doing what we've done from the get-go under Coach Saban..

"You Pay For What You Get" & the price for The SEC's dominant run over college football hasn't come cheaply..The ACC, Big 10, Pac 12 & all the other conferences finally figured that out..They're all opening up their wallets investing big $$$$ into the football programs as well..That's nothing but a good thing for college football as a whole..
 

tusks_n_raider

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W/L records aren't meaningless, but they are trumped by the one thing that really matters - championships. How many divisional, SEC and national championships does each team have? That's all we need to know.

I agree. But both ways Alabama and Florida are the two most succesful.

Alabama - 5 National Championships (1992,2009,2011,2012,2015) 6 SEC Championships (1992,1999,2009,2012,2014,2015) 10 West Division Titles (1992,1993,1994,1996,1999,2008,2009,2012,2014,2015)

Florida - 3 National Championships (1996,2006,2008) 7 SEC Championships (1993,1994,1995,1996,2000,2006,2008) 11 East Division Titles (1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1999,2000,2006,2008,2009,2015)

Both teams have met each other in the SEC Championship game a record 8 times and are dead tied at 4-4.

Then there is LSU at 3rd overall, the Barn at 4th and Georgia and Tenn Tied at 5th basically.

LSU - 2 National Championships (2003,2007) 4 SEC Championships (2001,2003,2007,2011) 5 SEC West Division Titles (2001,2003,2005,2007,2011)

Barn - 1 National Championship (2010) 3 SEC Championships (2004,2010,2013) 5 SEC West Division Titles (1997,2000,2004,2010,2013)

Tenn - 1 National Championship (1998) 2 SEC Championships (1997,1998) 5 SEC East Division Titles (1997,1998,2001,2004,2007)

UGA - 0 National Championships (LOL) 2 SEC Championships (2002,2005) 5 SEC East Division Titles (2002,2003,2005,2011,2012)

So in conclusion Alabama, LSU, and the Barn have won 20 of the 24 Western Titles and Florida, Tenn, and UGA have won 21 of the 24 Eastern Division Titles in this span from 1992-2015.
 
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Redwood Forrest

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I made a similar comparison to a barn friend a couple of years ago, pointing out that we were having our worst run ever. I pointed out that during those dark years, they should have wiped the floor with us, but they didn't. My points weren't very well taken.
I have been through the same thing with my Aubie friends. Even in our down cycle they struggled to beat us by an average of 7 points.

1997 lost by......1
1998 won by....14
1999 won by....11
2000 lost by......9
2001 won by....24
2002 lost by.....10
2003 lost by.......5
2004 lost by.......8
2005 lost by......10
2006 lost by.......7
2007 lost by.......7
 

TideEngineer08

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I have been through the same thing with my Aubie friends. Even in our down cycle they struggled to beat us by an average of 7 points.

1997 lost by......1
1998 won by....14
1999 won by....11
2000 lost by......9
2001 won by....24
2002 lost by.....10
2003 lost by.......5
2004 lost by.......8
2005 lost by......10
2006 lost by.......7
2007 lost by.......7
This is why I bristle just a little bit when I hear that Auburn gets up for the game more than we do. Or that it means more to them. I think the proper way to put it, is that it is easier for the underdog to play their best in this game. But as we all know, the underdog actually rarely wins. I would also point out that when we were at a serious talent disadvantage, we usually gave them fits as your numbers point out. However, when it's them on the short end of the talent stick, we usually beat them senseless with it.
 

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