re: Non Bama fans, is this current Bama run the best CFB dynasty you've witnessed?

Now you're just being needy.

But in terms of both sustained success and reaching the pinnacle, Bama probably has it. If they win on the 11th, I'll just go ahead and give them the (imaginary) title. The best competition, I think, is 1980s-early '90s Miami for titles, and Bowden FSU for sustained success. Miami's success had plenty of peaks, FSU success was sustained longer than Bama's has been thus far (nothing to do for it until Saban coaches a few more seasons.) I'm content giving Bama the edge simply because it's getting harder and harder to win out.

(Other recent candidates, like Nebraska and Florida, were great runs, no question, but they either didn't sustain as long as the three aforementioned or had a less dominating run at the very top.)