re: Bob Stoops Butthurt

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Florida won two in three. LSU won two with two different coaches. Bama has lost a few games, and needed some luck to get there. The narrative that the SEC dominance is solely Crimson Tide dick riding is a fallacy. Plenty of SEC teams are capable of winning the natty. There were 6 SEC teams I think would have rocked Notre Dame.

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I see your point, but you're going back 10 years for some of those games. 10 years ago Bama wasn't on OU's level, and we've seen how quickly that's flipped. I'm not saying the SEC dominance has been a Tide dick riding, but I do think Bama is in another class as of now. Yes, they've been lucky, but every champion is lucky. LSU won both in their backyard and had 2 losses in 2007. Florida could have been left out in 2006 (not saying they should have been, but y'all remember everyone clamoring for OSU-Mich Part II), and I still think OU should have won in 08 (obviously Gator fans will disagree).

I don't think you can overestimate how well Saban prepares his team. I do agree that ND would have lost to A&M, but the other SEC teams' bowl games didn't make me believe that they would have dominated ND like Bama did.