re: Will Alabama be back to mediocrity when Nick Saban is gone?

I assume you reached the age of following college football somewhere between 1997-2006? Forget about about the other 100 years college football was played before that 10 year period. Even in that down 10 year period, Bama had three 10 win seasons and an SEC title. Stallings averaged 10 wins a season from 1990-1996 and won a national and SEC title. Much like Florida after Spurrier, Bama had some down years from 1983-1989 after Bear, but still had 2 10 win seasons and 2 9 win seasons during those 7 seasons.