Bama does not have any reason to respect OM

This is the reality. They absolutely have dominated OM save Eli and Archie even in their worst years. They beat the shite out of Eli in Ttown for homecoming for goodness sakes with that even said. Why would they have even a glimmer of respect? This isn't too say we are worthless to the conference with the symbolic value of having the first family of football, representing in bowls with a high number of bowl appearances and a high win percentage and a proportionately high representation of players in the NFL. Some of them and other fans go too far saying OM and even MS as a state brings nothing to the table, but bama disrespect based on OM football can only be expected given our past performance against them and AU.