This place will have an absolute come apart next season if we all have to watch Kiffin standing next to Saban hoisting that crystal ball in the air. I'm not saying that it is definitely going to happen, but lord help us all if it does.
Bama's recruiting class after the 2009 NC won 2 national championships.
Bama won national titles in 2011 and 2012 after bad days at the office. And had the new playoff been in place in 2013, Bama would have been in it despite the loss to Auburn.
Bama went 12-0 in the regular season in '08, and went undefeated all together in '09. You seem to be a real history buff.
Tennessee still has a long way to go to close the gap.
If you guys remember our recruiting class after we won the NC, we started our decline after that point. We had a pretty impressive class, but things started to shift in the SEC.
Can't do much better recruiting than what Bamer has done the past 5yrs or so...but, when you consider how well Bama's division rivals are recruiting, as well, they are in for a tough ride.
LSU and A&M had No.2 and No.3. Auburn was like No.8. All you have to do...the Denver Broncos can attest to this...is simply have a bad day. One bad day at the office and there goes (usually) a shot at the NC.
In fact, despite them having stellar recruiting classes, they have yet to go undefeated during the regular season, under Saban. It's about to get a whole lot worse for them, competition-wise. Not only do they have to try and get through the gauntlet of TAM, LSU and Auburn...but they also have us to contend with as well.
It's not going to be a cake-walk for them, anymore, in Knoxville.
LSU, TAM and UT were RIGHT BEHIND them in the rankings. One of two more classes like this and they will loathe having to play us, once again. But in the mean time....TAM has put together 2 big classes, back to back. Auburn is back in the NC picture, again....and with Malzahn in the driver seat there...the Iron Bowl is going to be a game Saban wishes he could avoid.I have to agree!! Bama has really looked like they're falling apart with another #1 recruiting class...getting 33% of the 5 stars....theyll be battling Mississippi St for last in the west for years to come