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re: If Saban loses this game does it take anything away from his Legacy?
Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:37 pm to InsideTheTide
Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:37 pm to InsideTheTide
No. My god, to play for the title let alone win it like he has, He is with Bryant.
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:03 pm to TouchdownTony
As a Bama fan I'm going to say that yes it does but only a very little. It will be two successive years that he's been in the title game and lost back to back. Usually he comes back stronger and more focused after a loss.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:04 pm to InsideTheTide
No it’s set in stone
Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:05 pm to InsideTheTide
He is better than the Bear already
Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:31 pm to Korin
Did any national selector at all award them the NC back then? Even if only one smaller one did, they have a legit claim and should claim it.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:37 pm to InsideTheTide
Only Emmert getting fired and all the payoff/cheating he has done to win anything at Bama coming out would take away the illusion of being GOAT he has created.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:50 pm to InsideTheTide
Fake championships are fake
Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:51 pm to transcend
Thanks for your comment that pertained to the question.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 9:13 pm to InsideTheTide
If we lose, I don't think it hurts Saban's legacy. I do, however, think it elevates Kirby's legacy to that of Saban's greatest protege' and if he can sustain this success, the student who equals or perhaps even surpasses his master. And if I have to lose a natty, I can't think of anyone I'd rather lose it to than Dabo and Kirby. Both of them are great coaches and great people.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:25 pm to VagueMessage
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Did any national selector at all award them the NC back then? Even if only one smaller one did, they have a legit claim and should claim it.
Back in 1950? No. It's based off of Jeff Sagarin's mathematical ranking system (which he didn't start until 1978). It IS listed in the records book.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:31 pm to ColoBama
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Why is it anything here that ends with a question mark can almost always be answered with a NO?
Saban could get fricked on the 50 yard line by Kirby and a team of flying monkeys from the Salton Sea, and he'll still be College Football's GOAT Coach.
That might actually take *something* away from his legacy... but not his football coaching legacy... 
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:33 pm to InsideTheTide
No
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:39 pm to VagueMessage
Plus there is a lot more parity in the current age.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 11:43 pm to Crimson Wraith
No, we have a claimed National Title the year we beat the AP's champ Oklahoma in the sugar bowl. It's a retroactive claimed title, but with it, it gives Bear 7 titles
Posted on 1/5/18 at 1:19 am to InsideTheTide
No shame in losing a national title game. No way this tarnishes his legacy. Saban's legacy is set. No ONE has been able to do what he has done in the modern era. No One! This is one of his best coaching efforts win or lose if you ask me. What he's had to contend with injury wise? Dude is a coaching machine.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:49 am to MindRiot
Saban’s legacy is etched in stone. Who else could make national champions out of Jacob Coker, McElroy, AJ McCarron and possibly Jalen Hurts? These aren’t exactly hall of fame quarterbacks. He basically has made the most important position on the field inconsequential at its most critical times. That is a hell of a coaching job IMO.
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