re: What's so special with Alabama? Like really?

It's a fad, just like Texas, USC, FSU, Michigan, and the Miami were..

Truthfully, ESPN has a lot to do with it.

Yea, they all have tradition (more than LSU) but Bama is the "in" program, right now.

College football is cyclical. Saban is going to retire and there will be another program that goes on a hot recruiting tear.

To look at it in a positive light, LSU has never been that "it" school.. and we've competed with and bested a lot of those mentioned.

LSU is gaining a national recruiting base. Lets see what the next few years bring. We'll always be able to survive on local talent. Those others have to fight for it.

Again, blame ESPN.. You can sit there and say it's BS but as a high school football player/recruit, you're subconsciously thinking/being told that Bama is the place to be. Just like USC was a decade ago. As soon as Saban got hired, Alabama was shoved down the nations throat. All you heard about was Bama.