Who wants Alabama

[CtrlAltDel]

I don't have to do research. That season was one of many I've followed through the decades. I saw the games. I followed the weekly voting in the polls. I watched the bowl games. Notre Dame was rewarded by the voters for playing and beating soundly the toughest team in the land. Undefeated #1 ranked Texas scored 441 points that season but only 10 against The Irish. Heisman winner Early Campbell ran rough shod over defense all season. ND held him to 116 yds on 29 carries with NO SCORES. Campbell got his yardage between the 20s. He was stifled in the red zone. Meanwhile BOTH Heavens and Ferguson ran for over 100 yds. The game was over midway through the second quarter when ND took a 24-3 lead.

CtrlAltDel will tell you Bama beat up the 9th ranked Buckeyes. They did. What he didn't tell you was the Buckeyes didn't show up for the game. The Buckeyes were headed to the Rose Bowl until the last game of the season when Schembeckler stuck it to Hayes. The deflated Buckeyes though the Sugar Bowl was beneath them. There were grumbles when the bowl bids went out and during bowl week as reported by the media. The poll voters rewarded ND for throttling the best in the land while Bama beat a team that didn't want to be in New Orleans and played like it.

This poster is a troll pure and simple. Shame on you for buying into his crap. He should have been banned for his bald face lie about ND and MSU sitting on the ball in the second half of The Game of The Century. Both teams beat the snot out of each other for 60 minutes. There were mangled players on both sides. ND lost 3 All-Americans to injury but still shut out the 10th ranked Trojans the next week 51-0 with scrubs playing for the injured AA's. The voters were impressed not only that ND could field a team the next week but that they destroyed one of the best teams in the land using key backups with the national title on the line.

He should be banned for trolling the "No Mas No Mas" BS comment about ND not playing in bowl games after 1925. That was a decision made by the ND President for academic reasons not to duck competition as this troll would have you believe. Any serious sports fan who knows the history of college football is aware of that. This troll chose to misrepresent it and you buy his act as "fact". Shame on you!

CtrlAltDel tells you Bama got cheated out of the '66 Championship because the "Northern Media" wanted to punish The Tide for Segregation. He ignores that the Southern voters voted in a block for their regional team. ND which played opponents around the Nation got votes from around the Nation. A Bama player even wrote a book about how Bama was a "victim" in '66. "The Missing Ring"

Bama a "victim in '66, a "victim" in '73, a "victim" in the '75 Orange Bowl, let's face it, whenever they didn't win they were a "victim".

They're 1-5 All-Time against ND. Bear was 0-4.

One of the local stations here in Alabama runs old Bama games under the title of "The Greatest Games in Alabama History". I've probably seen the one Bama win in '86 about a dozen times over the years. ND was 5-6 that year but that's one of Bama's Greatest Games. I contacted the shows producer and suggested they show the '73 Sugar Bowl and '75 Orange Bowl "two of the greatest games in all of college football history". Even Bear Bryant acknowledged those two games as two of the best ever played. Despite the public recognition of those two bowls the producer told he didn't have a tape of those games. I offered him mine. After the pregnant pause, he responded, "we wouldn't show either of those games as we only show games Alabama actually won".

CtrlAltDel wants to perpetuate the myths that Alabama got screwed multiple times by ND's co-conspirators, the media, and that ND ducked competition (No Mas, No Mas).

He's a disingenuous troll.

There actually was a situation where somebody did cry "No Mas, No Mas" in the history of Alabama/ND games. But it wasn't whinned by ND.

Both schools had a home and home series scheduled for the middle of the last decade (yeah they waited under after Holtz was gone to put it together.) But after the NCAA sanctions came down for the illegal recruitment of Albert Means, Bama AD Mal Moore immediately contacted ND about backing out of the series due to "loss of scholarships". Moore was concerned that UA wouldn't be able to man up with ND. ND accepted UA's withdrawal with no cancellation penalty. For those that don't know (or don't want to know) Mal Moore was a former ND assistant football coach under Lou Holtz.

Moore wasn't the first Bama man with ND ties. CtrlAltDel likes to harp on Bama's Rose Bowl days but he neglected to note that Bama's Head Coach Frank Thomas was an ND Man. Played for Rockne and roomed with Gipp. Thomas is considered UA's second greatest coach after Bryant who played for and was mentored by Thomas. Notre Dame had a hand in putting UA on the football map.

No, no, I didn't neglect to bring any of that up about Thomas, I just never had the chance in regards to what we were discussing. Why would I be ashamed of Thomas, Rockne's favorite player? I think that is a point of pride for any Alabama fan.

No Bama fan has ever hidden the fact that Thomas was from Notre Dame. We are thankful that a good coach was around to take up the slack when Wallace Wade left.

Listen, I never stated one time that I dislike Notre Dame, I really don't. I think if any team could compare to Alabama, in totality, it could be none other than Notre Dame. That doesn't make me envious or angry; I think it's cool.

Mal Moore, a local Alabama product, learns his trade from a master, in Bryant, who learned his stuff from Thomas, who in turn learned from Rockne. Then Moore goes for a while to ND, after over a decade on Bryant's staff andfinally ends up back on Stallings staff, now he is the AD. It's a fascinating story, nothing to hide but, just not appropriate to the thread we are in, really. And, well, Gerry Faust ain't exactly Lou Holtz, but, whatever. Moore was under Faust.

Now, as far as the bowl games, what does it matter if it was a self-imposed ban or not, ND didn't play in bowl games either way. And, of course, I realize that it was self imposed but, still, that doesn't negate what I was referencing in that Notre Dame fans have zero ground to stand on when talking about bowl games.

For your rambling and musing about a local station here, in Alabama, not continually playing games wherein the favorite son team is beaten, you can't be serious. I mean, that would be like Columbus, Ohio, or Los Angeles, California, putting on loop all the times Alabama has beaten them. That ain't happening anywhere. You play to your crowd; you seem like you would know that.

To continue, in '66, Bama certainly was cheated. They started the season #1 and as 2 time defending NC's, had as tough a schedule as anyone, slaughtered their opponents, never lost a game, ouscored opponents 301-44, never trailed an opponent, beat Nebraska senseless, goose-egged 6 opponents, yet thanks to George Wallace, we were #3 somehow at the end of the season.

Notre Dame got the ball back from MSU with over a minute left in the game and on their 30 yard line. What does Parseghian decide to do so that he can assured of retaining the ND ranking? Why, hell, let's just let the clock run out, yeah, that's a good idea.

Afterwards, Lombardi was asked what it was like to be the best team in the nation just after winning the Super Bowl, he said he didn't know because his team hadn't played Alabama yet. He knew what was up. A lot of people didn't like it at all; just not the people that voted. They had to punsish Southerners for having slaves back in the 1800's and prior, even though only an average of only on in 20,000 had slaves. Or, they were punishing Alabama for some moron standing in the school doors of Alabama being an attention wh*re. For that, the players were punished.

Alabama clearly was the best team in '66 and Alabama does not claim this title.

 

[IrishLax]

Cannot believe this guy is still around. He is so obviously trolling by his conscious choice to utterly ignore/misconstrue facts. Either that or he's just hopelessly biased and/or stupid.

The guy had the gall to say Campbell didn't even play in the game (either a bold faced lie or just incredible ignorance)... he has ZERO credibility and is not worth anyone's time. He has absolutely no interest in any kind of factual or open minded discussion... so your choices of appropriate responses are either ignoring him (what I will be doing from now on) or putting him blast (what I did in my first post and what was clearly a waste of time).

Hopefully mods clean this up soon.

 

[IrishLax]

What did Lax post as incorrect, besides Alabama not beating any other ranked opponents in '77 besides USC (Leaving out LSU). Notre Dame still had the more impressive body of work for that season...

LSU was not ranked at the end of the year and was only #18 when they played. That's like giving us credit for beating "top 10" Michigan State this year. If I missed anyone it would have to be another team in the SEC that finished stronger than their initial ranking... didn't actually want to waste my time doing a bunch of research, because the troll was undeniably wrong.

 

[IrishLax]

Guys Do the research into what he says, I have... 1977 USC played Bama October 8th, Notre Dame didn't play no #1 USC that year we played #5 USC on October 22nd.

All I said we both beat USC and ND won by a bigger margin. That's it. Seriously... here's the quote...

"In 1977, Notre Dame beat USC 49-19... Alabama beat USC 21-20."

You and Trollface need to read better.

Did he get off to a bad start yea, did we get aggressive right back at him, yea. Did we keep trying to retaliate back and forth back and forth. He isn't just pulling BS outta his ***. How dumb do we look calling for a IP ban on someone who comes in (let alone not a very good start on his part), but im sure he read all the stereotypical things that were said, got offended it happens. Anyway I'm rambling He came in knowing what he is talking about. what he brought was facts and we want to argue.. you can't argue with facts. You can make opinions and points but facts are facts. Lets all be civil and get a clean slate on this.

If you honestly thinking he is supplying "facts" or being even remotely close to intellectually honest then I have a bridge I want to sell you. This guy is not our buddy and deserves zero respect here. There is not one part of his argument about 1977 that makes any sense at all and some of it is just flat out ignorance. Here are some quick examples... I said:

I said:
"In 1977, Notre Dame beat USC 49-19... Alabama beat USC 21-20."

His response:
"Alabama had a win over a, at the time, #1 ranked USC at their home stadium out in LA in 1977 on October 8th. That alone shows that you are being dishonest."

Yeah... that makes sense... what a logical response. *eyeroll*

He points out LSU being ranked "at the time" and I considered that... they weren't ranked at the end of the year and that's what matters. Would you consider #10 Michigan State a ranked team? What about #8 Arkansas? Of course not.

So those were the only two points he made in response to my post... and they're both flat out wrong. Wrongity wrong wrong wrong. He then goes on to make ANOTHER wrong statement when he says Earl Campbell didn't play against ND... when he clearly did. And, you know, of course he doesn't address the meat of it all which is that ND had a better body of work by far thanks to wins over Pitt, Texas, etc.

So please... next time before you say something like "do research" you should probably read the posts more carefully and discern what is actually going on. I did do some quick fact checking. The only thing I can possibly be wrong on is whether or not any of Alabama's opponents who were unranked at the time they played them finished the year ranked... I frankly had better things to do with my time than go cross check every single one of Alabama's unranked opponents with the final polls to see if they made it in.

So if Trollface really wanted to have a good response that would be his route... instead he choose to make 3 clearly wrong statements in response to the evidence presented against him. And you're supporting him? Come on... you can do better.

 

[Grahambo]

No, no, I didn't neglect to bring any of that up about Thomas, I just never had the chance in regards to what we were discussing. Why would I be ashamed of Thomas, Rockne's favorite player? I think that is a point of pride for any Alabama fan.

No Bama fan has ever hidden the fact that Thomas was from Notre Dame. We are thankful that a good coach was around to take up the slack when Wallace Wade left.

Listen, I never stated one time that I dislike Notre Dame, I really don't. I think if any team could compare to Alabama, in totality, it could be none other than Notre Dame. That doesn't make me envious or angry; I think it's cool.

Mal Moore, a local Alabama product, learns his trade from a master, in Bryant, who learned his stuff from Thomas, who in turn learned from Rockne. Then Moore goes for a while to ND, after over a decade on Bryant's staff andfinally ends up back on Stallings staff, now he is the AD. It's a fascinating story, nothing to hide but, just not appropriate to the thread we are in, really. And, well, Gerry Faust ain't exactly Lou Holtz, but, whatever. Moore was under Faust.

Now, as far as the bowl games, what does it matter if it was a self-imposed ban or not, ND didn't play in bowl games either way. And, of course, I realize that it was self imposed but, still, that doesn't negate what I was referencing in that Notre Dame fans have zero ground to stand on when talking about bowl games.

For your rambling and musing about a local station here, in Alabama, not continually playing games wherein the favorite son team is beaten, you can't be serious. I mean, that would be like Columbus, Ohio, or Los Angeles, California, putting on loop all the times Alabama has beaten them. That ain't happening anywhere. You play to your crowd; you seem like you would know that.

To continue, in '66, Bama certainly was cheated. They started the season #1 and as 2 time defending NC's, had as tough a schedule as anyone, slaughtered their opponents, never lost a game, ouscored opponents 301-44, never trailed an opponent, beat Nebraska senseless, goose-egged 6 opponents, yet thanks to George Wallace, we were #3 somehow at the end of the season.

Notre Dame got the ball back from MSU with over a minute left in the game and on their 30 yard line. What does Parseghian decide to do so that he can assured of retaining the ND ranking? Why, hell, let's just let the clock run out, yeah, that's a good idea.

Afterwards, Lombardi was asked what it was like to be the best team in the nation just after winning the Super Bowl, he said he didn't know because his team hadn't played Alabama yet. He knew what was up. A lot of people didn't like it at all; just not the people that voted. They had to punsish Southerners for having slaves back in the 1800's and prior, even though only an average of only on in 20,000 had slaves. Or, they were punishing Alabama for some moron standing in the school doors of Alabama being an attention wh*re. For that, the players were punished.

Alabama clearly was the best team in '66 and Alabama does not claim this title.

Since you claim 'Bama won the '73 title due to the UPI, MSU won a share of the '65 trophy thus sharing a national title with 'Bama.

Going into the season 'Bama was ranked #1 but barely over #2 MSU (15-12). The first week of the season 'Bama had their bye while MSU beat NC State 28-10 to move to #1. Then as the season progressed when MSU barely beat Ohio State, ND soundly beat UNC, that was enough for the voters to shoot ND to #1 and stayed like that all season.

Looking at the '66 schedule 'Bama faced 1 ranked team and that was at the end of the season. Same thing with MSU. ND faced 4 top 10 teams and beat them by a combined score of 125-24 with two shutouts and 3 of those wins on the road. So any beef that people have with ND and the '66 title is personal and needs to get over it.

 

[ickythump1225]

Afterwards, Lombardi was asked what it was like to be the best team in the nation just after winning the Super Bowl, he said he didn't know because his team hadn't played Alabama yet. He knew what was up. A lot of people didn't like it at all; just not the people that voted. They had to punsish Southerners for having slaves back in the 1800's and prior, even though only an average of only on in 20,000 had slaves. Or, they were punishing Alabama for some moron standing in the school doors of Alabama being an attention wh*re. For that, the players were punished.

Alabama clearly was the best team in '66 and Alabama does not claim this title.

Good point....

Breaking News out of Tuscaloosa:

This just in Alabama has rechecked the records and is claiming the 1966 Super Bowl championship. When asked how they could do this Alabama pointed out the "1966 Vince Lombardi Poll in which they were ranked #1."

 

[nlroma1o]

Im still trying to figure out why this dude thinks ND claims 15 national championships.

 

[wakeuptheechoes]

I understand that many of you probably dont' hear from other fans of other teams and take any participation by someone who isn't a ND fan to be "intruding." But, I really haven't been negative of ND or their fans or their history.

I was just, and still am, talking football. Why so many are angry, cursing me, calling me a troll, etc... is bewildering.

Anyway, I guess I'll be banned pretty soon for some reason or another but, it was nice talking to some of y'all for a little bit.

This is entirely untrue. As a matter of fact there were some really good comments and back and forth ribbing from Oklahoma fans on this forum. Oklahoma similarly to Alabama also has a losing record against Notre Dame. They are 1-9 against us. I realize Alabama is not quite as futile in their attempts. But hey, we haven't played you guys as many times. Just give it some time, and you can achieve the same success they have.

 

[woolybug25]

hahahaha.... so I am not usually in the business of sharing pm's, but many of you remember him telling me that there are ton of sites that discuss us claiming titles that we don't. So I told him to prove it.

This dumb@ss sent me a link from the following site Notre Dame Sucks!, which of course if funny in it's own right. A site called notredamesucks.com is obviously a poor choice of legitimacy, but what makes it even more funny, is that the site talks about how we really don't have 23 titles.

Last time I checked, we don't have 23 titles. Thats what we tell idiotic Bama fans that we would have if we used their same method of claiming titles. That site doesn't disprove that one bit and furthermore, is a garbage hate site.

 

[ThePiombino]

hahahaha.... so I am not usually in the business of sharing pm's, but many of you remember him telling me that there are ton of sites that discuss us claiming titles that we don't. So I told him to prove it.

This dumb@ss sent me a link from the following site Notre Dame Sucks!, which of course if funny in it's own right. A site called notredamesucks.com is obviously a poor choice of legitimacy, but what makes it even more funny, is that the site talks about how we really don't have 23 titles.

Last time I checked, we don't have 23 titles. Thats what we tell idiotic Bama fans that we would have if we used their same method of claiming titles. That site doesn't disprove that one bit and furthermore, is a garbage hate site.

I hope we get the chance to pistol whip these mental midgets.

 

[Irish Steeler]

I live in Bama & have to deal with their "mythical" National Championships constantly. I need a shirt that says "Got 23?" They know whos king & cant deal with reality as they print anything... in fact, they just claimed Lance Armstrongs wins! LOL

 

[WaveDomer]

I just find if humorous that he condescends by writing things like, "It's okay, you just don't know college football history." (paraphrase) Then he doesn't know that Earl Campbell played. He says other teams always bring up the Civil War, then he proceeds to say that 100 years after the Civil War, people vote Alabama's football team down because of slavery. I also love this quote, "Dartmouth, the team that was even halfway in the picture, was 8-0, didn't play a bowl game, and played 4 non-1a teams out of 8 opponents." That type of schedule sounds oddly familiar.

It's too bad because it would be cool to get some inside scoop on 'Bama.

 

[AdmiralBackhand]

I wonder if that is his personal website. What a piece of shite.

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

Sunuva...I was just about to mention this. I just spent 15 minutes updating and rebooting my computer so it could read the Cotton Bowl PDF for the 1977 season

Haha ... after his statement I had a feeling he had to be wrong and was on the ball. Right place, right time.

 

[NDFANnSouthWest]

hahahaha.... so I am not usually in the business of sharing pm's, but many of you remember him telling me that there are ton of sites that discuss us claiming titles that we don't. So I told him to prove it.

This dumb@ss sent me a link from the following site Notre Dame Sucks!, which of course if funny in it's own right. A site called notredamesucks.com is obviously a poor choice of legitimacy, but what makes it even more funny, is that the site talks about how we really don't have 23 titles.

Last time I checked, we don't have 23 titles. Thats what we tell idiotic Bama fans that we would have if we used their same method of claiming titles. That site doesn't disprove that one bit and furthermore, is a garbage hate site.

That site is a joke... filled with hate and envy (no pun). People need to get a life!

 

[ACamp1900]

I live in Bama & have to deal with their "mythical" National Championships constantly. I need a shirt that says "Got 23?" They know whos king & cant deal with reality as they print anything... in fact, they just claimed Lance Armstrongs wins! LOL

This is exactly why they have to write books and regurgitate the same exact point for point argument defending their claims... Seriously, i cant be the only person that has read all this a hundred times before. Deep down they know its garbage and they use the same weak group think to rationalize why they disrespect the rest of college football with their crap.


All while they kill trees, and sexually assault other fan bases....

 

[IrishLax]

This is exactly why they have to write books and regurgitate the same exact point for point argument defending their claims... Seriously, i cant be the only person that has read all this a hundred times before. Deep down they know its garbage and they use the same weak group think to rationalize why they disrespect the rest of college football with their crap.


All while they kill trees, and sexually assault other fan bases....

This.............. and why I have zero patience for Trollface. People like him are what is wrong with America. They get one talking point, get on a soap box, stick their fingers in their ears, and keep repeating it ad nauseum until people give up or give in. Doesn't matter if they're obviously wrong (or, at best, misleading)... they will just keep repeating themselves again and again and again while dismissing anyone with a different viewpoint. That's why I don't tolerate people like him because you could tell from his first post onward he was at best an uninformed fanboy and at worst an intentional troll.

 

[Irish#1]

Seriously, how f*cking stupid are you? Do they teach rational thinking in the South?

The reason was because of Notre Dame's body of work being more impressive... that's the same thing that would happen today if people were still voting on stuff... hence why Alabama is ranked ahead of Florida this year despite Florida playing a MUCH tougher SOS and having many better wins and also having a better loss. But Florida has struggled on offense recently and not had style points and Alabama has looked more impressive... so Alabama sits #2.

In 1977, Notre Dame beat USC 49-19... Alabama beat USC 21-20. In 1977, Notre Dame wouped the #1 undefeated team with the Heisman trophy winner Earl Campbell to close out the year... Alabama beat a 2 loss team... and they both won with comparable margin of victory. Nore Dame also owned wins over #7 Pittsburgh, #15 Clemson... Alabama had NO OTHER WINS OVER ANY RANKED TEAMS.

To point out one data point... a singular loss to Ole Miss... and ignore everything else is beyond ridiculous. It's certifiably stupid... or just really biased. Notre Dame was handily voted #1 and earned it by their far superior body of work over the course of the year.

Damn it LAX, you're letting facts get in the way. Stop it.

But wait a minute. We lost to Ol Miss which is an SEC team, so that counts as a good loss doen't it? Isn't that the reasoning used these days when SEC teams lose to each other?

 

[Irish#1]

To listen to Lax and take his post how it was presented, Alabama didn't beat USC when they were #1 because he certainly never mentioned that specifically.

He also misrepresented Alabama not playing any other ranked teams when they did. But, he certainly didn't fail to mention the two other game ranked teams Notre Dame played, besides USC.

He also put the perception out that Notre Dame beat a Texas team led by an unstoppable Earl Campbell, when Campbell never even touched the field, when he stated this:

In 1977, Notre Dame wouped the #1 undefeated team with the Heisman trophy winner Earl Campbell to close out the year.

A better way to have stated this would have been like this:

In 1977, Notre Dame whooped the #1 undefeated team WITHOUT the Heisman trophy winner Earl Campbell or even Johnny Jones to close out the year.

The whole thread came off as a glossed over attempt to glorify one team and shame another while skipping over some facts, glossing over others, and completely not telling the truth about others, such as Alabama not beating any ranked teams other than USC, which he doesn't really mention as being ranked anyway.

I mean, hell, Alabama was a full two ranking spots above Notre Dame going into the bowl games. So, up until that point, everyone in America, including the voters, apparently, thought that Alabama was a significantly better team and had a better season statistically. Probably that complete catastrophe and bush league performance againt a 5-6 walking and talking dumpster fire Ole Miss didn't help too much.

Bama was ranked two spots above, but we see teams jump over teams all the time. The reason Notre Dame was awarded the NC over your beloved team was the thorough dismantling of the Texas team. Ross Browner spent so much time in the Texas backfield that day they thought he was in their huddles. It's not often a #1 ranked team gets "rolled" like that and that's why they ended up getting voted the NC.

 

[ACamp1900]

Not only do they have the nerve to claim disputed titles that belong to other schools,... Unlike schools like OU and ND that claim less than they typically are given credit for out of respect to other schools that may have more legitimate claims for those particular seasons... But Bama guy always has to bitch and whine about the years they don't claim and drop this " we should rightfully have more" attitude... It's unbelievably obnoxious twice over. I can only imagine ND guy going to FSU boards and crying over and over about 93...

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Greg Doyel's column on why the SEC is overrated is excellent. Almost makes up for last week's hack job on why ND < KSU & UO.

 

[ulukinatme]

Bama was ranked two spots above, but we see teams jump over teams all the time. The reason Notre Dame was awarded the NC over your beloved team was the thorough dismantling of the Texas team. Ross Browner spent so much time in the Texas backfield that day they thought he was in their huddles. It's not often a #1 ranked team gets "rolled" like that and that's why they ended up getting voted the NC.

Not to mention the 2 loss OSU team that Bama played in their bowl was horrible. The Tide fumbled the ball 10 times....get that, 10 times, and still beat them by a good margin. I'm not even sure how you fumble the ball that many times and still consider yourself the #1 team.

 

[CtrlAltDel]

List of Achievements

List of Achievements

Y'all have been pretty good sports, well, most of you have. I'm going to post a .txt file of Alabama's achievements over the years and hopefully one of you will do the same for Notre Dame.

Now, don't take this the wrong way or be upset or angry. It's just sharing information with other fanbases. I've collected this stuff from everywhere, including places like blogs, Bama's website, magazines, Wikipedia, etc...

When posting this on other boards, of well respected teams, I've always received good feedback. Several fanbases have compiled their own, when I presented this one, and gave them to me. I have one for Oklahoma, USC, and Texas. I would love to have one for Notre Dame.

I hope you enjoy it.

The following is a compilation of all the interesting Alabama football stats that are scattered around on different websites, in a myriad of books, football programs, etc... all coalesced into one .txt file for easy viewing.

Enjoy!

Overall, the Alabama Crimson Tide is the best team to ever put on helmets and cleats in the history of American Collegiate Div. 1-A football.

Very few institutions in American sports can match the enduring excellence of the
University of Alabama football program. Across a wide swath of the last century, the tradition-rich Crimson Tide has claimed fourteen national championships, captured
twenty-six conference titles, finished thirty-six times among the country's top ten, and played in 59 bowl games.

The #1 Overall Most Successful Div. 1-A Football Team

Team All-Time Rankings

14 National Championships

All Time Football Record (824-321-43)--0.712

34 Bowl Wins - Best in the nation.
59 Bowl Games - Best in the nation.

22 SEC Championship Titles - More than any team in the SEC.
4 Southern Conference Championships
26 Total Conference Championships

51 Top 25 Finishes

38 Top 10 Finishes

#1 Finished 9 times (AP-8 CO-7)

93 Winning Seasons

12 Undefeated Seasons

10 Undefeated/Untied Seasons

17 Undefeated Regular Seasons

25 double digit winning streaks. Best in the nation.

824 Total Wins
7th All-Time In The Nation in outright wins at 0.711.
7th All-Time in winning percentage at 0.709.

(This total does not include 29 wins nullified by the NCAA)

Official Overall Record (824-321-43)--0.712
Unaltered Overall Record (853-312-44)--0.724

Southern Conference Record/1921-1932 = (89-23-6)--0.780

Official Southeastern Conference Record - (609-236-26)--0.714
Unaltered Southeastern Conference Record - (638-227-27)--0.730

31 Ten Win Seasons - 2nd best in nation
15 Eleven Win Seasons - 3rd best in nation.

All Time Record at Bryant-Denny Stadium:
236-48-3

All-Time Record at Legion Field:
160-52-12

All-Time Record at Rickwood Field:
23-12-5

All Time Record at Denny Field:
43-3

All-Time Record at The Quad:
42-11

 

[CtrlAltDel]

Conference Championships:

SEC Titles - 22

1933 - '34 - '37-'45 - '53 - '61 - '64 - '65 - '66 - '71 - '72 - '73 -
'74 - '75 - '77 - '78 - '79 - '81 - '89 - '92 - '99 - 2009

Southern Conference Championships - 4

1924,'25,'26 &'30.

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Alabama vs. SEC Opponents - All-Time

Winning % - 0.695
Games Played - 563
Won - 381
Lost -161
Tied - 21


Alabama - 15 Wins Arkansas - 7 Wins Ties - 0
Average score: Alabama 26.3 - Arkansas 17.6

Alabama - 41 Wins Auburn - 34 Wins Ties - 1
Average score: Alabama 19.5 - Auburn 16.0

Alabama - 49 Wins Tennessee-37 Wins Ties - 8
Average score: Alabama 17.2 - Tennessee 13.8

Alabama - 12 Wins S. Caro. - 3 Wins Ties - 0
Average score: Alabama 26.9 - South Carolina 10.8

Alabama - 23 Wins Florida - 14 Wins Ties - 0
Average score: Alabama 25.0 - Florida 14.8

Alabama - 36 Wins Georgia - 25 Wins Ties - 4
Average score: Alabama 16.3 - Georgia 11.9

Alabama - 46 Wins LSU - 25 Wins Ties - 5
Average score: Alabama 19.0 - LSU 12.1

Alabama - 35 Wins Kentucky - 2 Wins Ties - 1
Average score: Alabama 25.2 - Kentucky 7.3

Alabama - 49 Wins Mississippi - 8 Wins Ties - 2
Average score: Alabama 29.2 - Mississippi 11.1

Alabama - 61 Wins Vanderbilt - 18 Wins Ties - 4
Average score: Alabama 23.6 - Vanderbilt 12.1

Alabama - 76 Wins Ms. State - 17 Wins Ties - 3
Average score: Alabama 22.4 - Mississippi St 9.5

Alabama - 3 Wins Texas A&M - 1 Win Ties - 0
Average score: Alabama 24.5 - Texas AM 15.3

Alabama - 1 Win Missouri - 2 wins Ties - 0
Average score: Alabama 18.3 - Missouri 25.0

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Bowls:

The team has played in 59 bowl games, the most of any college team.
(34 wins, 22 losses, and 3 ties)

The Crimson Tide has played in 17 different bowl games, this includes the newly created BCS Bowl Championship game.

Alabama has played in one out of every 10 Cotton Bowl games.

Bama has won more Sugar Bowls than any other team with 13
appearances and 8 wins.

The Tide has played in eight Orange Bowls.

The Crimson Tide has participated in six Rose Bowls. Out of these, they won four, lost one, and tied one.

21 Major Bowl Victories & 1 Tie:

'26 Rose - Won
'27 Rose - Tie
'31 Rose - Won
'35 Rose - Won
'42 Cotton - Won
'43 Orange - Won
'46 Rose - Won
'53 Orange - Won
'62 Sugar - Won
'63 Orange - Won
'64 Sugar - Won
'66 Orange - Won
'67 Sugar - Won
'75 Sugar - Won
'78 Sugar - Won
'79 Sugar - Won
'80 Sugar - Won
'81 Cotton - Won
'93 Sugar - Won
2010 BCS - Won - '09 Champions
2012 BCS - Won - '11 Champions


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10+ Win Seasons:

Year Record
1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1
1925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-0
1930 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-0
1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-0
1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-0
1952 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2
1961 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-0
1962 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1
1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1
1966 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-0
1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
1972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2
1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-0
1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2
1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-3
1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2
1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-0
1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1
1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-3
1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-3
2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-3
2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2
2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2
2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-0
2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-3
2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1

 

[Fbolt]

OMG, do you really think that anyone is going to read this stuff? Personally, I have great respect for Alabama's program, but get real-a long way to go to have an ND/Bama NCG. Something I look forward to. Your opinion is yours, please do not preach on the greatness of Alabama on this site. It's not like ur going to get converts so the only thing I can see is that you're trying to rile us up.

What I have read from you, and what little I know about Bama fb is that Alabama scheduled sub-par teams in a lower conference beginning in the 1940s or so. Nice to see that historical scheduling continuing. Further, that when Bama loses bowl games they're called "exhibition" games yet when they win, it was a true bowl game. Oh yeah, and that independent analysis shows that Bama hasn't won as many NC as the school claims. I have learned enough. Regardless, I respect the program.

BTW-are you on any Bama boards that are good? Curious to get a mainstream vibe from Bama fans outside of you.

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

You lost me between "Enjoy!" And "Very Few..."

 

[North Buffalo Irish]

This guys is probably one of the most "educated" Bama fans around. I didn't think there was a fanbase more delusional than Michigan fans, but the more I read the more I believe that Alabama takes the cake.

Oh, and Notre Dame has a better winning % than Alabama. And more Heisman winners. And more All-Americans. And more National Championships. And a 5-1 record against Alabama. And a 4-0 record against Bear Bryant. And is the greatest program in the history of college football, hands down.

 

[4irishnation]

Its all here Notre Dame Fighting Irish football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[CtrlAltDel]

This guys is probably one of the most "educated" Bama fans around. I didn't think there was a fanbase more delusional than Michigan fans, but the more I read the more I believe that Alabama takes the cake.

Oh, and Notre Dame has a better winning % than Alabama. And more Heisman winners. And more All-Americans. And more National Championships. And a 5-1 record against Alabama. And a 4-0 record against Bear Bryant. And is the greatest program in the history of college football, hands down.

See, this is exactly how I was hoping it wouldn't be taken. I didn't want angry and retalitory responses but, maybe a comparable list of achievements.

 

[CtrlAltDel]

OMG, do you really think that anyone is going to read this stuff? Personally, I have great respect for Alabama's program, but get real-a long way to go to have an ND/Bama NCG. Something I look forward to. Your opinion is yours, please do not preach on the greatness of Alabama on this site. It's not like ur going to get converts so the only thing I can see is that you're trying to rile us up.

What I have read from you, and what little I know about Bama fb is that Alabama scheduled sub-par teams in a lower conference beginning in the 1940s or so. Nice to see that historical scheduling continuing. Further, that when Bama loses bowl games they're called "exhibition" games yet when they win, it was a true bowl game. Oh yeah, and that independent analysis shows that Bama hasn't won as many NC as the school claims. I have learned enough. Regardless, I respect the program.

BTW-are you on any Bama boards that are good? Curious to get a mainstream vibe from Bama fans outside of you.

You know, this whole perception about Alabama's weak schedule over the decades is just that, a perception. As often one can find when researching things and truly seeking knowledge, the reality often isn't the perception.

ND Vs Year Ranked: 299-(24.8%)-(134-156-9)--0.463

Bama Vs Year Ranked: 279-(23.1%)-(124-144-11)--0.464

This is such an imperceptible percentage difference, over such a long period of time, it's hardly worth mentioning.

Also, since everyone just can't stop talking about it and get good chuckles from it, let's examine the history of the 2 teams Non-1A opponents.

ND Vs Non-IA: 168-(13.9%)-(152-9-7)--0.926
Bama Vs Non-IA: 143-(11.8%)-(118-21-4)--0.839

Well, take a look at that, ND leads Alabama in amount of non-1A teams they have faced. As I say, perecption often isn't reality.