No much Bama football news to discuss (which is probably a good thing this time of the year), so I got to thinking about this years team and how every year ending in a 9 since 1979 we've had some pretty good teams.
1979 - 12-0 (Coach Bryant's last NC team, beat AK in Sugar for NC) AP #1
1989 - 10-2 (Coach Curry's best team, losses to Auburn and NC Miami, AP #1)
1999 - 10-3 (Coach Dubose's best team, losses to LaTech, Tenn. and Michigan)
2009 - 14-0 (CNS' only undefeated team) BCS NC
2019 - ???
Thoughts about these teams?
1979 the practical end of an era, the defense didn't give up many points that year
1989 gotta wonder "what if we beat Auburn?"
1999 the most frustrating of all these "9" teams. Makes you ask "What could have been?" - Lost to LaTech but beat a good UF team twice. Got Tom Bradyed in the bowl game.
2009 - blue-collar, gritty team
2019 - I can't not see thru my Crimson colored glasses but I think this team can be the best of these "9" teams.
Bonus Question: How bad would 2009 or 2019 teams beat the other "9" teams?
Extra Bonus Question: Bama 2009 team vs. 2019 team???
1979 - 12-0 (Coach Bryant's last NC team, beat AK in Sugar for NC) AP #1
1989 - 10-2 (Coach Curry's best team, losses to Auburn and NC Miami, AP #1)
1999 - 10-3 (Coach Dubose's best team, losses to LaTech, Tenn. and Michigan)
2009 - 14-0 (CNS' only undefeated team) BCS NC
2019 - ???
Thoughts about these teams?
1979 the practical end of an era, the defense didn't give up many points that year
1989 gotta wonder "what if we beat Auburn?"
1999 the most frustrating of all these "9" teams. Makes you ask "What could have been?" - Lost to LaTech but beat a good UF team twice. Got Tom Bradyed in the bowl game.
2009 - blue-collar, gritty team
2019 - I can't not see thru my Crimson colored glasses but I think this team can be the best of these "9" teams.
Bonus Question: How bad would 2009 or 2019 teams beat the other "9" teams?
Extra Bonus Question: Bama 2009 team vs. 2019 team???