Reminder: enjoy the ride, Alabama fans, this is a special run...
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Actually there have been 4. A 45-31 loss to Oklahoma after kick 6 was not included.
Still a pretty unbelievable record though when you think about it.
Still a pretty unbelievable record though when you think about it.
We have been very fortunate with injuries in the years we won the championships. This year has been a struggle since we have had to deal with injuries from the 1st game on, especially at LB. If we win it this year, it will have been his best job of coaching IMHO.
I have been fortunate enough be alive through 11 championships and believe me I appreciate every minute of them. My children have gotten to see what it was like when I was growing up when it seemed as if Coach Bryant had us in contention for a championship almost every year.
We need to appreciate it because one day, we will look back and see that this dynasty was probably the greatest ever for one team in the history of college sports. Coach Saban will be looked upon like John Wooden at UCLA when all is said and done.
I have been fortunate enough be alive through 11 championships and believe me I appreciate every minute of them. My children have gotten to see what it was like when I was growing up when it seemed as if Coach Bryant had us in contention for a championship almost every year.
We need to appreciate it because one day, we will look back and see that this dynasty was probably the greatest ever for one team in the history of college sports. Coach Saban will be looked upon like John Wooden at UCLA when all is said and done.
I will never forget the Perkins years, the Curry years, Dubose, Shula, Fran (who was at least kinda ok). I have a high appreciation for where we are right now. I hope this ride never ends. But I know it eventually will.
Yes. I know. I hate the guy too for what he did. But at the time he at least seemed to be pointing us in a better direction.
That was a frustrating loss. They had no answer for Henry. Wish we would have left him in the game.
We have been on a roller coaster of a ride as Bama Fan's the last 20yrs of our fanhoods that's for sure..
We lost by double digits against Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl. Kinda weird that they brought up that game but forgot it was also a double digit loss.
I remember the Dark Days of 'Probation'... It wasn't pretty. Our Recruiting took a terrible hit. When we needed a Head Coach, the big name guys wouldn't touch our program with a 10 foot pole. Mike Shula took the job. IMO: CMS wasn't ready for the job, but he took it. His heart was in the right place. We lost a number of games we should have won.
Let's just keep this simple:
Four (4) National Championships in eight (8) seasons, plus getting within a gnat's hair of a couple more.
I'll take it!
Four (4) National Championships in eight (8) seasons, plus getting within a gnat's hair of a couple more.
I'll take it!
Well... I am enjoying this era very much. I was in college at Bama in the mid seventies, and I think we may not have realized how great of an era were in then. I think folks my age thought the Bear would live forever. I have spoken to several folks about my age and we are enjoying every morsel of this Saban Dynasty.
Even without having to remember the "bad" years, this is the greatest run in college football history. Bama has been number one in the AP in each of the last 10 years, the 2nd most in history is Miami 7 consecutive years. Bama has lost more than 1 reg season game once in the last 10 years, even that year won 10 and finished in the top 10. Bama has been in the BCS/CFP race into Nov in each of the last 10 years, in 9 of the 10 years until the final game of the reg season. Only kids who aren't old enough to get a driver's license can remember even one year when Bama was not in contention late in the year. And all of this with Bama averaging playing 6 ranked teams a year. Programs boast and are greatly encouraged and regard it as a feather in their cap and feel that their program has turned a corner when they lose to Bama by only 14. It's unlikely that anyone will ever do this again, even at Bama. No one has ever done it before. Bama's name has become so iconic that foreign countries bring "We want Bama" signs into their soccer stadiums, as do NFL teams and sports other than football. "We want Bama" has become an English language idiom meaning "that one is ready to challenge the best", or a play on that. Alabama and its fans owe Coach Saban a debt that can never be repaid. His value to the University can't be quantified.
I absolutely am enjoying it, but Coach Saban's relentless drive for perfection rubs off on us. We want to see that all the time. The important thing for me to remember is that other teams recruit well, practice every week, and try real hard during the games. What's amazing to me is that no other CFB team, not one, has been consistently championship caliber over the past 10 years. Bama has.
I know exactly what you mean. I was 19 in 1992. So I was content that I seen the '92 team win.
What Bama fan does not remember the down years? Coach Saban has us on a far higher Tide and longer ride then ever before. I hope I live long enough to enjoy all the championships we win until the ride is over. We are about to face #16 Miss St and then FOUR top ten teams. With our depleted defense and OL problems I can't help but be concerned.
The only line better than WE WANT BAMA, and it was way back in Bears early days winning. Green Bay packers coach Vince Lombardi was asked if he felt like a world champion after winning super bowl, he said, Not sure we have not played Alabama. Now that was a heck of a thing to say back then for him. He really admired Bear Bryant. I like the "we want bama" stuff, even by teams outside college football. What that really says is we want to beat the best, and many see Alabama as the best in all sports. Like the old yankees and how they just whipped everyone. Domination, Dynasty call it what you want, it is a great thing to be talked about like that especially in other sports. We reach beyond college football. ROLL TIDE and lets get 17 so we can ride this crimson waver a little longer.
Coach Saban was getting on the offense urging them not to let up.
Go to the point where the game clock is at 14:55 in the 4th quarter and the sideline woman (Tracy Wolfson, I think) is talking.
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