I think Bear Bryant started the rating rivals/scout rating system

Come on Doc! The Bear invented the sport of football!
Roll Tide!

"If we do that as a team, 11 at the time, well 4 years from now, why, you'll be walking out of here as a national champion. And I tell you this.......I expect nothing less."

It was tough to play for Bryant and it is tough as hell to play for Saban, but it's speeches like that and being able to deliver on them that kept great players wanting to play for Bryant and keep great players wanting to play for Saban. The media and opposing coaches can continue bashing the hell out of Saban for oversigning, medical redshirts, processing players, etc, but the best players don't care about competition or how many times they are yelled at, or how hard they are pushed. Not every player fits the Alabama mold and that is fine.

To bad he was a drunk.


































I kid, I kid. I would have been glad for him to be my drunk dad instead of my own.