I apologize if this has already been posted, but I just now heard of this book. This morning in Montgomery I heard local radio broadcasters interview the author, Brad Edwards. His emphasis is not so much on the 6 national titles won by Alabama between 2009 and 2020; rather it is the level of dominance achieved by Coach Saban's Alabama teams.
Just a few of bullet points:
At the end of the 2020 season, Alabama had been ranked AP #1 on 99 separate weeks under Coach Saban. [Counting this 2021 season, that is now 107 weeks]. Before Coach Saban's arrival, Alabama had been ranked #1 for only 30 weeks between 1892 and 2007. During Alabama's 99 week AP #1 ranking run under Saban from 2008 to 2020, the next closest team had 12 AP #1 rankings (Ohio State).
The 2020 Alabama national championship team had 6 consensus All Americans, yet the Alabama player drafted highest in the 2021 draft (Jalen Waddle at #6 overall) was not one of them. The last team to field 6 consensus All Americans was the 1909 Yale national championship team. That Yale team finished with a 10-0 record but Yale stumbled to a 6-2-2 record the following year of 1910. By comparison, 2021 Alabama is 13-1, ranked #1, and will be playing for the national title the year after its 6 consensus All Americans led the Tide to the 2020 national title.
Only 2 college football teams have produced 6 first round NFL draft choices: 2003 Miami and 2020 Alabama. But Alabama had 8 choices within the first 38 players chosen, while Miami's 7th and 8th players were not chosen until #213 and #215 in that 2004 NFL Draft. The following year's record for both teams, after losing all that talent, was 9-3 for Miami and 13-1 for Alabama.
As of September 10's season-opening victory over Miami, Alabama has not trailed since the third quarter of the 2020 Georgia game, a span of 41 quarters. The Crimson Tide ended last season without trailing in its last 37 quarters, seven more than any national champion of the last 50 years (1972 USC is second, with 30) and 17 more than the third-place team (1989 Miami, with 20). [Counting the 2021 season when the run ended against TXAM, that span is now 53 quarters, 23 more than 1972 USC].
Just a few of bullet points:
At the end of the 2020 season, Alabama had been ranked AP #1 on 99 separate weeks under Coach Saban. [Counting this 2021 season, that is now 107 weeks]. Before Coach Saban's arrival, Alabama had been ranked #1 for only 30 weeks between 1892 and 2007. During Alabama's 99 week AP #1 ranking run under Saban from 2008 to 2020, the next closest team had 12 AP #1 rankings (Ohio State).
The 2020 Alabama national championship team had 6 consensus All Americans, yet the Alabama player drafted highest in the 2021 draft (Jalen Waddle at #6 overall) was not one of them. The last team to field 6 consensus All Americans was the 1909 Yale national championship team. That Yale team finished with a 10-0 record but Yale stumbled to a 6-2-2 record the following year of 1910. By comparison, 2021 Alabama is 13-1, ranked #1, and will be playing for the national title the year after its 6 consensus All Americans led the Tide to the 2020 national title.
Only 2 college football teams have produced 6 first round NFL draft choices: 2003 Miami and 2020 Alabama. But Alabama had 8 choices within the first 38 players chosen, while Miami's 7th and 8th players were not chosen until #213 and #215 in that 2004 NFL Draft. The following year's record for both teams, after losing all that talent, was 9-3 for Miami and 13-1 for Alabama.
As of September 10's season-opening victory over Miami, Alabama has not trailed since the third quarter of the 2020 Georgia game, a span of 41 quarters. The Crimson Tide ended last season without trailing in its last 37 quarters, seven more than any national champion of the last 50 years (1972 USC is second, with 30) and 17 more than the third-place team (1989 Miami, with 20). [Counting the 2021 season when the run ended against TXAM, that span is now 53 quarters, 23 more than 1972 USC].
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