That's long been the rallying cry of prospective contenders. Alabama spent a long time atop the college football mountain and was used as the measuring stick for all other programs to compare themselves to.
Alabama isn't at that level anymore, but the Crimson Tide is certainly still among the college football elite even in a post-Nick Saban world. If you think you want Bama, former Alabama RB turned CBS analyst Damien Harris thinks you should reevaluate that.
"It's the fact that everyone wants to say we're not afraid of Bama anymore," Harris said via Touchdown Alabama Mag.