Saban vs Bryant

Saban eats Bears for lunch.

Saban has already passed the Bear.

And being able to have unlimited scholarships? He’d probably win it every year. Seriously.

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It is 6 to 6 right now. But how many titles would Saban have under the system Bryant won his 6 titles ?

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saban with a scholarship limit of 105?

2003-Two loss LSU would not have won it
2009-Undefeated, but Texas was also undefeated and would have been playing in the Cotton Bowl. Who would have won the vote if both were undefeated ? (1)
2011-LSU would have played in the Sugar and OK St would have played in the Orange. My guess is it still would have been LSU-Bama in the Sugar (2)
2012-Bama would have been in the Sugar, but would ND have played Bama or K State in the Orange. And would OSU have slipped in even after being on probation ? (3)
2013: AU to the Sugar and FSU to the Orange to Play Baylor or Bama. If they had beaten FSU and AU lost, then maybe he could have won it that year.
2014: Bama in the Sugar and FSU to the Orange to play TCU or Baylor.
2015: Clemson to the Orange to play OU, and Bama to the Sugar to play Iowa or OSU.
2016: Bama to the Sugar to play Penn St or Michigan. (4)
2017: Would not be in conversation.

So, I have it 6 to 4 in Bryant's favor.

I am no Alabama fan but I just can't bring myself to equate anybody with Bear Bryant.

2003 LSU was 13-1

Actually, many say Bear was screwed out of a couple. I mean we will never know but had there been a playoff in place, I think Bear would have done just fine. People forget the politics of the old system and Alabama is a mostly rural state and Bama did not command the tv ratings that it does today. They didn't even have number one vs two in the old bowl system. The SEC was not considered the best conference and the system favored Big 10 and Pac 10 teams.

Bear. Saban’s team is driving to win but misses the FG.

Kind of like Jimmy johnson v Jeff Gordon.


Chase made it easier for Jimmy. Playoff makes it easier for Saban. Without bcs or playoff, no 2012 or 2018