re: The last time Alabama football lost to an unranked team...

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Meh, Bama was 6-6 when they lost to Monroe.

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Actually, they were 6-4 coming into the game, the only losses coming to eventual #1 LSU, #3 UGa, Mississippi State (who finished 8-5) and Florida State (who went 7-6). Meanwhile, LAMO came into the contest 4-6, with earlier losses to MTSU (who ended the season 5-7) and North Texas (a program in the middle of a run of futility from 2006-2010 where they went 11-50).

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Today, Yes, it's unfathomable but back then it wasn't a huge surprise.

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Bama was favored by 24 points, which made it the 4th biggest upset of 2007, behind only three of the most significant upsets in CFB history. It was also only LAMO's 3rd victory over a P5 team in their entire history (they were 2-43 coming in, lone wins coming over MSU and Kentucky a decade or so earlier). So, yeah, it was a HUGE surprise.