We played for a national championship five years after he retired, and won a natty less than ten years later, so: two title games in ten years after Bear died. Acceptable, not great, but acceptable under Alabama standards.

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Football was not invented in 2011 sir.

Alabama fans acknowledge this. LSU fans are the group that wants to pretend that there was no college football before 2000.

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IMO the 2009-2012 Title run will signal the end of Bama as a CFB power and the emergence of a new SEC and CFB power. The mighty LSU Tigers.

But this is a "rivalry" thread. After three straight losses to the Tide, let us know when the "mighty LSU Tigers" are ready to begin to "emerge."

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Posted by BlackCloud

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Posted on 11/8/14 at 10:42 am to ErnestTBassmaster

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We played for a national championship five years after he retired,

Do Bama fans celebrate moral victories now?

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and won a natty less than ten years later,

The only NC from 1980-2008 (28 years)...Better than OM,Msu, Kentucky and Vandy for sure.

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LSU fans are the group that wants to pretend that there was no college football before 2000.

There was plenty football pre-2000, a top 10-15 program by most historians. LSU fans are proud to be the most successful and consistent CFB program since 2000. This century will see the LSU take the mantle of the best program in CFB. When little Nicholas Saban retires you will be just like Michigan and Notre Dame.
Has-Beens.