re: Will history repeat itself in Tuscaloosa?

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This whole post was Bama in between Bear and Saban. What don’t you get?

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As noted, between Bryant and Saban

From 1983-2000, which was from Perkins first yr at Alabama to Saban's first yr at LSU, Alabama won 66% of its games, even counting those 9 probation games as losses, and LSU won 56%. Alabama won 3 SEC titles, and LSU won 2.

Alabama won 10 games in 1986. In fact, from 1983-2000, Alabama won 10 games 7 times and LSU won 10 games only 2 times, which were 1987 and 1996.

If you want to exclude Saban from Alabama then you exclude Saban from LSU.

From 1983 (Perkins first year) to 2000 (Saban first yr at LSU), Alabama beat LSU 11 times, lost 6, and tied once.

So if you want to talk about a team that sucked before Saban, then you are looking squarely at LSU.