What Alabama has done under Nick Saban’s watch is incredible. Since his second season in 2008, the Crimson Tide has gone 11-1 or 12-0 in the regular season 10 times in 12 years. Alabama had a 9-3 regular season and finished 10-3 in 2010, and posted a 10-2 regular mark, finishing 11-2 last year. That’s eight straight years of going 11-1 or 12-0.
There are all those championships, as the Georgia faithful are painfully aware. Alabama fans are reliving the 1970s, when Paul “Bear” Bryant’s dynasty chalked up eight Southeastern Conference titles and losing no more than once in the regular season from 1971-1979.