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Nick Saban's Tenure in Review: Season #4 - 2010 Alabama Crimson Tide

Posted on 2/29/24 at 3:38 am
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 2/29/24 at 3:38 am
After the glorious 2009 national championship season, the Crimson Tide pulled in another Top 5 recruiting class and looked primed for a repeat national championship. The roster was absolutely loaded on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball with many skill position players and key contributors coming back for the 2010 season. However, injuries as well as some roster infighting would prove to be to the detriment of the team as Alabama would truly underachieve for the first and (arguably) last time of the Nick Saban Era.


2010 Alabama Crimson Tide

Overall Record: 10 wins, 3 losses
SEC Record: 5 wins, 3 losses (3rd in SEC West)
AP Poll Finish: #10
Coaches Poll Finish: #11

Offensive Coordinator: Jim McElwain
Defensive Coordinator: Kirby Smart
Permanent Captains: Greg McElroy, Dont'a Hightower, and Mark Barron
Consensus 1st Team All-Americans: N/A
1st Team All-SEC: Julio Jones (WR), Barrett Jones (G), and Mark Barron (S)
Heisman Trophy: N/A

Total Offense: 444.1 YPG (#22)
Total Defense: 286.4 YPG (#5)
Average Talent Ranking on Roster: #4.25 (Per Rivals)

Schedule

vs. San Jose State (W) 48-3
vs. #18 Penn State (W) 24-3
@ Duke (W) 62-13
@ #10 Arkansas (W) 24-20
vs. #7 Florida (W) 31-6
@ #19 South Carolina (L) 21-35
vs. Ole Miss (W) 23-10 [Homecoming]
@ Tennessee (W) 41-10
@ #12 LSU (L) 21-24
vs. #17 Mississippi State (W) 30-10
vs. Georgia State (W) 63-7
vs. #2 Auburn (L) 27-28 [Senior Day]
vs. #7 Michigan State (W) 49-7 [Capital One Bowl]

Leading Passer
Greg McElroy
222-313 70.9 2,987 Yds 20 TDs 5 INTs 169.0 Rating

Leading Rusher
Mark Ingram II
158 Att 875 Yds 5.5 Avg 13 TDs

Leading Receiver
Julio Jones
78 Rec 1,133 Yds 14.5 Avg 7 TDs
This post was edited on 2/29/24 at 3:43 am
Posted by remaster916
Alabama
Member since Oct 2012
12388 posts
Posted on 2/29/24 at 6:26 am to
Playing 6 conference teams coming off a bye didn't help either. Not sure how that was allowed to happen.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
13154 posts
Posted on 2/29/24 at 7:50 am to
2010 Bama v SC: the weekend Spurrier locked Stephen Garcia in a closet so he couldn’t do drugs and get drunk the night before the game.

I really wonder how good that SC team could’ve been with Lattimore and Jeffrey if Garcia had his head on straight.
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
21320 posts
Posted on 2/29/24 at 7:17 pm to
quote:

Playing 6 conference teams coming off a bye didn't help either. Not sure how that was allowed to happen.


One of those things that was just absolutely ridiculous.

Everyone talks about the South Carolina and Auburn games, but truly no excuse for that LSU loss. We messed around for three quarters and LSU just gutted it out.
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
6710 posts
Posted on 3/2/24 at 8:41 pm to
Watching the Citrus Bowl was the highlight of the season and also sort of sad. They finally came together for the bowl after mistakes and injuries derailed the championship aspirations.
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