re: Which year was the most disappointing for you as a fan

2000.

It's really difficult to top that scenario. Coming into the season, we were defending SEC champions, ranked in the top five, and were being picked by some prognosticators as shoe-ins for a BCS bowl and maybe even an appearance in the national title game. Then we play UCLA out in Pasadena to start the season, score a touchdown the very first time a Bama player touches the ball, before watching the season collapse before our eyes.

We got whipped at the line of scrimmage that game and got beat by 11 points. Then we lost 21-0, at home, against Southern Miss just two weeks later! That is probably the most embarrassing loss Alabama has suffered this century. The team was fat, slow, and out of shape. How we were able to defeat South Carolina by 10 and Ole Miss by 38 that year is beyond me.

And on top of ALL of that, we found out sometime during the season that the NCAA was investigating us for possible recruiting violations. That turned into the Albert Mean scandal and that turned into one of the most depressing eras in Alabama football history.