re: How many NC’s for Saban without help from Birmingham?

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Tell me exactly when LSU got favorable calls from SEC officials to win a game or media blathering to sneak their way into the playoffs.

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This is tip of the iceberg. But they are Ba*ma*.

In my opinion, Saban, aside from just being old & tired (he should have switched his ad role from AFLAC, to NUGENX - Total T; with Frank Thomas……it may have helped!?), realized the “winning percentages” were no longer in his favor.

When he began in 2007, he had no NIL, no TP, all he needed was the REC. His 1st major “get” via the REC, was Julio Jones (via the infamous fishing trip, with $$$$ and ladies).

Bama invented and perfected (during the Bryant era) the Booster/Recruiting method —- well before SMU made it infamous. Couple this guys with the SEC offices for scheduling, rules & officiating was in Birmingham — run by a TON of BAMA alums — and he’s in heaven.

Then, we come into NIL, and Transfer Portal era, and he realizes “shite, now I lost that recruiting advantage”.

In my opinion, the nail in the coffin was adding UO, UT to the SEC, and expansion to a 12 team playoff, and he said “no mas”. His work would have needed to double to compete with all the new $$$$ in the SEC….and even the SEC offices in B’ham couldn’t help him much. At 70+, he said “I’m off to Lake Lanier…..while I’m still viewed as the GOAT……Roll Tide”

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What I dislike most about a couple of their championships is how the narrative changed by the media or the committee or voices of the game, always to benefit getting them in. They eye test. The best loss. Would beat Texas now etc.

Now, in most years (not this year) but most years when they were “let in”, they cashed in. And that’s what bother me, because it made a great coach and team seem invincible.

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I'm 62 years old and most of the whining I see about Bama getting help sounds like sandy vagina stuff.

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As a start, 2012.

We played 4 top-10 teams in a row. We went .500. Ba*ma* also went .500 against their consecutive top-!0 games. But they only played two.

Do you not see a scheduling advantaged weighted in their favor? Swap schedules and who goes to ATL? Not Ba*ma*.

This is dumb

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So ignorant. You must be blissful. No?

Anyone who cannot see the bias in favor of the Gumps just cannot see as Da Vinci said.

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Maybe 2 legit titles

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Right on target. Just a little bit of the thumb on the scale moves the needle for a very good coach and program.