A lot has happened since the last time we lost to the villes:
June 29, 2007 First iPhone was released
Oct 20, 2007 Alabama defeats UT 41-17
Sep 29, 2008 Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points
Oct 25, 2008 Alabama defeats UT 29-9
Jan 20, 2009 Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States
Oct 24, 2009 Alabama defeats UT 12-10 aka Rocky Block
April 20, 2010 The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers.
Oct 23, 2010 Alabama defeats UT 41-10
March 11, 2011 A 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 15,840 and leaving another 3,926 missing. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake.
Oct 22, 2011 Alabama defeats UT 37-6
May 18, 2012 Facebook held its initial public offering
Oct 20, 2012 Alabama defeats UT 44-13
June 6, 2013 Former CIA employee Edward Snowden discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government mass surveillance program
Oct 26, 2013 Alabama defeats UT 45-10
March 8, 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board.
Oct 25, 2014 Alabama defeats UT 34-20
April 15, 2015 Aaron Hernandez was found guilty of murder in the first degree
Oct 24, 2015 Alabama defeats UT 19-14
June 23, 2016 The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union.
Oct 15, 2016 Alabama defeats UT 49-10
Jan 20, 2017 Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
Oct 21, 2017 Alabama defeats UT 45-7