Recent content by TideEngineer08

1. 2016. IMO, this was one of Coach Saban's best teams, period. Off the top of my head, the only team I would rank ahead of it would be 2020, and a game between those two would have been an epic clash between Coach Saban's best offense and his best defense (yes, IMO 2016 D was better than...

I'm still not seeing how we could get anyone who is verifiably better right now. The extension/raise shows recruits he isn't going anywhere and so far it seems he is a great recruiter. It's not my money so 🤷‍♂️ I'm still in wait and see mode. There were some developments this off season...

The lady doth protest too much, methinks

After I posted that, I went and looked at the stats and saw this. I wondered if someone would chime in and give thoughts on whether or not we actually got physically whipped in that game or if we simply fumbled the game away. That was the first season of Coach Bryant's shift to the wishbone...

That you can remember but it is not unprecedented. Nebraska 38 Alabama 6

Most assuredly I am NOT suggesting he is the next Nick Saban. I don't think he's close and I don't think he ever will be. I'm just comparing the perception of each being a jerk. But he is a good coach. He did not luck into winning a championship at Indiana, BUT, he never would have under the...

He is a really good coach and obviously learned well under Coach Saban. He is a jerk, yes. Coach Saban came off as a jerk to anyone not an Alabama fan, and rooting interests with other teams. It remains to be seen whether or not Cignetti has the depth of character Coach Saban had, that his...

I don't really care. They out-physical'd us in a way that had not been done to Alabama since the Mike DuBose era. Signs or no signs, we were never winning that game.

Yes they surely had several wins as the #1 team. I think this stat is one that pushes Alabama over the top as the best program of all time.

The biggest surprise to me is that no other program has a winning record in such games. Apart from that, the biggest surprise is that Florida State and Nebraska are 1-7 and 1-11 in such games. Now, factor in Nebraska's decline since 1999, and you can understand the record being poor. But for...

So, Alabama was actually the 2nd best team in the tournament right? We actually led these clowns at halftime. I didn't watch. Didn't watch a single second of the entire tournament, and indeed, I don't think I watched a single live moment all season. So take what I say with a huge grain of...

I can’t stand Duke but I really can’t stand UConn and their coach. Oh well.

That’s a nice shirt

Not a fan either, but I respect what he's done in the NFL. I do wonder, however, if it is sustainable. Getting Waddle certainly helps.

In fairness, he inherited him from Shula. Even Coach Bryant dealt with this. I don't remember details, but in the early 70s there were drug issues going on. I read about it in Keith Dunnavant's book "Coach." It's been many years since I read the book, so I don't recall details. No coach is...