re: The real news out of A&M's win over Bama

It's cyclical, but there are a select few schools who, historically, have weathered the storms with success - pretty much the ones he listed. Alabama has been a national power since Calvin Coolidge was president. They hold slightly more than 1/3 of all the SEC titles and they do hold the NCAA record for most post-season appearances and wins, as well as the most poll-era national championships. That kind of success takes a century to build, but the legacy it leaves puts those schools in rarified air. It's part of the reason Mike DuBose and Mike Shula, both notorious imbeciles, could go 4-7 and still got a top recruiting class