The game that started the Saban/Bama dynasty

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The game that started the Saban/Bama dynasty

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2008 Clemson

Dynasty is defined by championships.

That Florida team was a defending champion and deemed unbeatable. That was the SEC championship and the de facto National Championship.

The Clemson game showed we were back and really good again but they weren’t that great. That was Tommy Bowden era Clemson.

2008 was a terrific year but ultimately nothing was accomplished when it comes to winning titles. That’s what made 2009 so important.

That 2009 SEC title game over Florida was a defining win for Saban. An opening kickoff classic game vs Clemson was just another game. I can promise you Nick would agree with me.

Agree to disagree

The problem is there is a general definition of the term "dynasty,"

You really can't debate the meaning of a word.

The meaning of the term "dynasty" as it pertains to sports is 3 titles within 4 years for a purest, but you COULD DEBATE a dynasty with 3 titles within five years.

This makes next season really important if Bama wins a natty this year. If Bama wins next season then the Bama dynasty era continues and can be traced back over a decade which is bonkers.

If Georgia wins they would have an argument that our dynasty has ended and theirs has begun.

If Georgia doesn't win next year then they are just Clemson before they fell off a cliff like most flash-in-the-pans.

I'm actually betting Georgia falls off similar to Clemson because they are already showing cracks, and next season will be the first time Kirby has ever played a schedule similar to the ones Bama has had to play to get to a title. They wont win another title within the "dynasty" window IMO.

Back to the Richt days for the dogs. Good football team that never wins the big game.

They shouldn't have gotten a mulligan after being destroyed by Bama in the SECCG- they tried to georgia there season up in that game, but mulligan.

They got insanely lucky that Ohio State had a complete meltdown, and then they played TCU of all people for the weakest title game of the modern era.

The free pass to the SECCG through the weak arse SEC lEast is OVER

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2008 Clemson

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Yep. That was when Saban started taking over. 09 was him rounding first base.

I always thought the 2008 UGA/Bama Blackout game in Athens. The infamous "you wear black to a phuckin' funeral".

I felt the Clemson game got everyone talking, the UGA game let everyone know the talk was serious and not a fluke. The UF SECCG solidified the talk and confirmed the start of the dynasty.

That was the game that showed me Bama was back. It was the first time in a few years that we came from behind and won. I remember my dad telling me at the end that Nick Saban would win championships at Alabama.

I remember thinking that Bama loses to Arkansas 2007 had Saban not been the coach. I don't think previous Bama teams would have had it in them to finish that game.

I don't know if anyone remembers it, but at the end of the Texas game after we iced the game with the final int, McElroy gave the horns down sign. He always seemed business like and I wonder if that was a little personal for him, being from Southlake Carroll and Mack Brown not offering him a scholly. I didn't see it until this thread was posted and I was watching highlights from this game and the NC game.

The chills we got when they were lined up in the tunnel.