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Posted on 2/9/26 at 4:28 am to Diego Ricardo
Posted on 2/9/26 at 4:28 am to Diego Ricardo
From ‘83-‘89 Alabama was nationally relevant much of the year in ‘86 & ‘89. From ‘90-‘96 nationally relevant in ‘91, 92, 93, 94, 96. From ‘97-‘07 relevant in only in 99 & 05. So it wasn’t 20 years but more like 10. Even then they peeked out from under the covers a couple of times. Then went on the greatest run in the history of the sport.
A run so dominant and indisputable that, though some are fair and even generous, e.g., Herbstreit and a few others, the national narrative continuously down plays it with “faint praise”, diversion, dismissal, and the occasional lie. They can’t bear the fact that those “backward rednecks down there” could be so successful in an endeavor so meaningful in American society, though in the grand scheme it’s meaningless.
A run so dominant and indisputable that, though some are fair and even generous, e.g., Herbstreit and a few others, the national narrative continuously down plays it with “faint praise”, diversion, dismissal, and the occasional lie. They can’t bear the fact that those “backward rednecks down there” could be so successful in an endeavor so meaningful in American society, though in the grand scheme it’s meaningless.
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Posted on 2/9/26 at 7:43 am to tattoo
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the national narrative continuously down plays it with “faint praise”, diversion, dismissal, and the occasional lie.
the same media that researches ways to pretend as many as bama's national championship trophies as possible, dont exist.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 8:36 am to tattoo
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From ‘83-‘89 Alabama was nationally relevant much of the year in ‘86 & ‘89. From ‘90-‘96 nationally relevant in ‘91, 92, 93, 94, 96. From ‘97-‘07 relevant in only in 99 & 05. So it wasn’t 20 years but more like 10. Even then they peeked out from under the covers a couple of times. Then went on the greatest run in the history of the sport.
Yeah this is fair...the fact that they were postseason ineligible late in the Stallings run and the effects of the sanctions in the early Dubose era really made me feel like they were more out of it than they were on the field. Admittedly, I was a kid back in those days. If you got a bit more seasoning than me, you probably perceived it a bit differently.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 11:44 am to Diego Ricardo
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The bad taste I can't get out of my mouth is how poorly our seasons ended in 2024 and 2025.
I get it.
Part of it is that we’re a completely QB focused team now due to our system and to be blunt we’ve had 1.5 seasons of outright bad QB play. Really it’s 2.5 seasons going back to Saban’s last year which really doesn’t help the perception of the programs direction.
It’s like a power run team with a bad OL… it usually turns out like a blind date with a girl your friend says has a “great personality”. And coming on the heels of the greatest run in modern CFB history it’s all just a bit tough to watch but I really believe CKD can get it done as long as we don’t expect it to be at the same level as Saban because that’s just not a realistic expectation as I see it.
This post was edited on 2/9/26 at 6:20 pm
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