re: Alabama 2008-2012 - How impressive would this run be?

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Yeah, Miami's only won one bowl game played outside the Orange Bowl during their national championship years and that was in 1989 against Alabama.

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They really should have dominated that game too.

That Alabama team they played in the Sugar Bowl overachieved all season. George Teague was just a freshman then. He had a pretty bad game that night but man alive, did he redeem himself the next time those two teams met in the Sugar Bowl.

I think Alabama's current run has been impressive but not the best. They really layed an egg in the Sugar Bowl against Utah. Had it not been for Javier Arenas' punt return, that game would have been a lot uglier than it was. They just seemed like they weren't into that game.

I thought they were way too conservative against Texas once they got that big lead in the title game.

The 2011 Alabama defense was the best one I've ever seen them field. They look to be a tough team to beat again this year but I think they aren't as good as last year. For an O-line that was supposed to dominate, I'd say they have underachieved as a unit so far.