Tornado Alley

I think so because Saban accomplished so much in so little time compared to Bryant.

Saban coached college football for a full ten less seasons than Bryant, at a time when it was at its peak in terms of competitiveness.

Look at who Saban coached against, in his same conference:
Urban Meyer (two national championships)
Kirby Smart (two national championships)
Steve Spurrier (one national championship)
Les Miles (one national championship)
Phillip Fulmer (one national championship)
Gene Chizik (one national championship)
Jimbo Fisher (one national championship)
Ed Orgeron (one national championship)

This doesn't even count the excellent coaches who didn't win it all, such as Mark Richt, Gus Malzahn, Hugh Freeze, Lane Kiffin, Dan Mullen, Josh Heuphel, Bobby Petrino, etc.

Look at it this way - here are the SEC national championship winners during other than Alabama during Bryant's SEC years and Saban's SEC years.

Bryant:
1951 - Tennessee
1952 - Georgia Tech
1958 - LSU
1960 - Ole Miss
1980 - Georgia

Saban (in ten less seasons):
2007 - LSU
2008 - Florida
2010 - Auburn
2019 - LSU
2021 - Georgia
2022 - Georgia

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The Egg Bowl has been a morning kickoff a decent amount the last 20 years.

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It's been a morning game four times since 2006.

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“championship caliber”


And yet…you won….nothing.

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2025 SEC Champs

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but it really does seem like almost everything we used to enjoy has been overrun and dominated by loud, violent trash who are incompatible with a civilized society.

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I don't want to hijack what is an interesting OP, but talk about an overgeneralization. Jeeze.

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You’re going to tell all your social media followers not to come to my restaurant?

You promise?

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Boiled peanuts are more prevalent as you go east from the Mississippi up through Georgia.

I expect him to, yes. He has played a ton of football and is very experienced. He now has a year of SEC play under his belt too. A lot will depend on if OU can find a few playmakers for him. Another thing is SEC teams really limited his running this season. That was a major part of his game at Wazzou, but the LBs he is facing in this conference are much more athletic than Wazzou's opponents. Maybe OU can scheme some designed runs for him which could open up some passing lanes.

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Kiffin is great at the transfer portal but no one has ever viewed him as an elite recruiter

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That's just not true at all. VOLS had elite croots under Kiffin for one year.

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Miles is 9th or 10th


You can’t leave him off

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Yes, you can.

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I can easily craft a list that leaves him out

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You can't craft a list of the top ten SEC coaches that leaves Steve Spurrier out under any criteria.

Even assuming you wanted to base it on national championships alone, that wouldn't work, because there haven't been ten SEC coaches that have won more than one.

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Wade

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Never coached an SEC game.