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I recall thinking that Nebraska would never regress from being one of the greatest dynasties of football, but they did.
Notre Dame had the largest fan base and private school network to guarantee permanent greatness, but that faded.
Surely, there’s no way FSU would ever lose their dominance over the ACC, but it happened.
Miami, not once but twice had it all going in a city that recruits itself to hormonal young men, but neither time lasted.
USC had it all going and had 5*’s signing to ride the bench, so there’s no way they ever regress, but guess what?
And this is all just in my lifetime. Now add Bama to that list, but when Saban retires they’ll fade too. In fact, any conference realignment probably won’t happen until after he retires, which opens up great opportunity.
For every team I listed that faded, another one took its place. It’s almost time for Bama to fade. We just need to be poised to take advantage. I think we’re on our way. It starts at the top. The early returns point to Danny being the best AD since Dickey, so I have hope we are moving in the right direction finally.
Tl;dr: Why not us? We’re due.
Notre Dame had the largest fan base and private school network to guarantee permanent greatness, but that faded.
Surely, there’s no way FSU would ever lose their dominance over the ACC, but it happened.
Miami, not once but twice had it all going in a city that recruits itself to hormonal young men, but neither time lasted.
USC had it all going and had 5*’s signing to ride the bench, so there’s no way they ever regress, but guess what?
And this is all just in my lifetime. Now add Bama to that list, but when Saban retires they’ll fade too. In fact, any conference realignment probably won’t happen until after he retires, which opens up great opportunity.
For every team I listed that faded, another one took its place. It’s almost time for Bama to fade. We just need to be poised to take advantage. I think we’re on our way. It starts at the top. The early returns point to Danny being the best AD since Dickey, so I have hope we are moving in the right direction finally.
Tl;dr: Why not us? We’re due.
