re: Will Bama ever really replace Saban?

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The 80’s and 90s Bama was bad. Very bad.

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Were they? Let's investigate:

1980: 10-2
1981: 9-2-1 (SEC champions)
1982: 8-4
1983: 8-4
1984: 5-6
1985: 9-2-1
1986: 10-3
1987: 7-5
1988: 9-3
1989: 10-2 (SEC champions)

1990: 7-5
1991: 11-1
1992: 13-0 (SEC champions; National champions)
1993: 9-3-1
1994: 12-1
1995: 8-3
1996: 10-3
1997: 4-7
1998: 7-5
1999: 10-3 (SEC champions)

That 20-year-period, as "down" as it is by Alabama standards, rivals the success of the entire history of the Texas A&M football program.