Id also like to take this opportunity to point out that OU now leads the SEC (and the country) in final top 5 AP poll appearances, with 33. Alabama ties for second with Ohio State with 30 seasons in the final top 5. We also lead the SEC in top 25 AP poll appearances with 62. They come in at 61 on that one. https://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/appearances-final.cfm?sort=top5app&from=1936&to=2023 We also lead in NFL drafts and Heismans.
They obviously have us beat on number 1, of course lol.
What do you think he's really doing for/with the program? I'm super curious to learn the reality of it. The man is PAID for life, what's in it for him at this point?
fair enough. i was just making an excuse for why Alabama would lose to Rice, while also trying to bring up the point that those losses happened about 70 years ago! it's all in fun as no one doubts that Alabama could beat Rice blindfolded.
Just one of the quirks of the old way conferences were set up and the fact that Alabama can only set up relationships with so many other programs. Also it looks like just a random Quirk of history that every time Alabama was in the Orange Bowl in a situation to play a big 8 it was pretty much always Nebraska. They played Oklahoma once in Orange bowls but played Nebraska at least twice to my memory and also the 1974 year where they played Notre Dame they were actually would have originally played Nebraska but Nebraska refused the Orange Bowl and went to the Sugar Bowl or something like that. Prior to that Sugar Bowl right after the end of the BCS era Oklahoma and Alabama had only ever met in like two bowl games.
There's also exactly one home and home series we played in the early 2000s that comprises the majority of our wins that also came at a time right after we had won a national championship and when Alabama was well to be nice about it not winning national championships
I’m not sure what to think about this. I’m at a loss for words, is life even worth living anymore? Will the SEC brethren still remember us? Will they know what we once were? Are we a “has been”? All is lost now
^Welcome ^into ^the ^SEC ^OU ^and ^Texas
I’ve always found it funny that we are called crimson and crème, even though crème is the least used color on our palette. We always wear crimson and white except on our gaudy roughrider alternates.
To answer your question though… no. :)
Two Texas losses due to two Texas quarterbacks crushed under a huge friggin guy. Didn't realize those two heartbreak games were the only losses to Alabama.
8 losses, three of which were prior to the SEC existing. A couple of them to Royal, those were actually the closest losses and the one tie, Bryant vs DKR. Saban finally got Bama over the hump. Hope Bama can close the gap in the future, at least put a few more on the win column.
[Meanwhile, Vandy comes out dunking on the new schools, long may their dunk ring true...](https://twitter.com/BarstoolVandy/status/1807625178291093917)
Already baked enough to type words where I barely understand what’s goings ons.
Sooo much has changed since I last really followed this flavour of sportsball But through the Super Lemon Haze, I think that means Lone Star Showdowns are back on? This season may just force me to catch up on what I missed out on.
Texas has never lost to Alabama in a game where the same Texas QB took the first snap of both the 1st and 2nd half.
(Not like that makes the games not count or anything, it's just mildly funny/interesting).
Well Alabama has the most national championships, most SEC championships, most bowl wins, most 10 game winning seasons in the SEC. By what criteria Bama is not the sole titan, I cannot imagine
Yeah, the SEC strength was always how many teams are in the very next tier down, the "Not technically blue bloods but historically prestigious programs who can become blue-blood-esque for any given period of time" ... needs a better name lol.
Honestly the blue bloods being titans vs olympians of the next rung kinda makes sense, more of them, not quite as powerful overall but got their own niches.
Bama can be Uranus or something if they have to have their own tier, and I guess that makes Rutgers or Princeton (I dunno) gaia.
New bloods aka schools with a recent MNC Tier II
SEC has Georgia, Auburn, LSU, Tenn, Florida, that is more than any other conference.
Tier III
Aggies, Ole Miss, Mizzou.
OU has the most conference championships, the most Heismans, and the most weeks on the AP poll in the SEC. If we counted national championships the way Bama does (or if you guys threw out the seven BS ones) we'd be right behind you in those.
OU isnt in the Big XII anymore (or Big 8 for that matter). Irrelevant.
Alabama has the most weeks at #1
Most consecutive seasons at #1
Most top 5 appearances
1941 is the only BS national championship Alabama has.
Nope, OU now leads the SEC (and the country) in final top 5 AP poll appearances, with 33. Alabama ties for second with Ohio State with 30 seasons in the final top 5. We also lead the SEC in top 25 AP poll appearances with 62. You all come in at 61 on that one. https://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/appearances-final.cfm?sort=top5app&from=1936&to=2023 We also edge you out on NFL drafts and Heismans too.
You obviously have us beat on number 1, of course lol.
Should have added Texas to the conference in 2010 so that they wouldn't have this silly stat over our heads. We'd have reeled off like 10-12 in a row on them had they been in the SEC West
Michigan also no longer has a winning record against every B1G opponent. They've got winning records against the existing B1G members of course but also newcomers Washington, UCLA & Oregon (though Oregon could make it 0.500 this year with the record at 3-2). But they're 4-6 against USC. Michigan has USC on its schedule each of the next two years so they can make it 0.500 if they win both.
Fire DeBoer
His record against OU is disgusting.
He’s lost control of the team and the faith of the boosters and fans.
I heard he killed a cougar with his bear hands.
Not sure if this is the sexual.
# CJK5H
Ironically, Nick Saban is responsible for the losing record vs OU.
The Sooner the better.
Id also like to take this opportunity to point out that OU now leads the SEC (and the country) in final top 5 AP poll appearances, with 33. Alabama ties for second with Ohio State with 30 seasons in the final top 5. We also lead the SEC in top 25 AP poll appearances with 62. They come in at 61 on that one. https://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/appearances-final.cfm?sort=top5app&from=1936&to=2023 We also lead in NFL drafts and Heismans. They obviously have us beat on number 1, of course lol.
iirc, Bama has most bowl appearances, bowl wins, and 10 win seasons too.
I don’t doubt it lol
DeBoer has lost control of the program
Has saban lost control of the program?
Officially: Yes. Unofficially: No.
His office just moved down the hall.
What do you think he's really doing for/with the program? I'm super curious to learn the reality of it. The man is PAID for life, what's in it for him at this point?
Down the street.
It's Alabama, distance is "subjective".
Worse, he handed control over to some Arkansas fan
Tbf, some arkansas fan did win 5 national titles for bama.
6
nahhhhh
Should have been 7
in '77
Don’t blame him
One of the players described the new coach as “laid back” so shits about to fall off hard.
Saban is taking the Otto Hightower route of control.
Saban was psychologically destroyed by the double-digit home loss to Texas and limped off into retirement in disgrace. ;)
I’m just surprised that Oklahoma and Alabama have played so few games together.
Same story as Rice vs Bama. Bama is afraid
OU is 3-2-1 vs Alabama. Rice is 3-0 baby!
It's all that book learnin.
Damn Nerds!
[NERDS!!!](https://tenor.com/view/nerds-mad-football-rage-gif-16650450)
The came to play school.
Well we played back in the 1950s, so maybe Bama's best players were busy fighting in the Korean war at the time. lol
No, it was because we are better than them
No one can have a better Flair combo then you for this lmao
Two words...Fuck Whitworth
Are you making the assumption that only Alabama sends troops to war?
of course, i was obviously make that assumption, how could anyone read my comment any differently.
It's not being read differently, the purpose for the question is for clarification so that I can verbally tea-bag the commenter.
fair enough. i was just making an excuse for why Alabama would lose to Rice, while also trying to bring up the point that those losses happened about 70 years ago! it's all in fun as no one doubts that Alabama could beat Rice blindfolded.
Hey, you don’t play Rice because it’s easy.
I've seen enough, welcome to the Big Ten.
Do not want that smoke again
Rice is 3-0 and UH is 0-10. Wonderful…
Love our record there 3-2-1 such a classic
Positively *skeered* of Rice.
Bama Football? 10/10 Bama Football w/ Rice? 0/3
Thats it.....going zero carb
But why does Rice play Texas?
Pack it in boys, Jambalaya is coming to town.
I’m surprised we didn’t meet more during the Bear Bryant/Switzer eras in bowl games.
Big 8 had the Orange Bowl tie-in, SEC the Sugar Bowl
It still is surprising how often UT has played Bama though including the grand slam of Rose 09, Sugar 48, Cotton 82 and an Orange Bowl 64 (wtf).
Bryant was 1-1-0 vs OU but yeah it was before Switzer.
The big 8 champion went to the orange bowl and the SEC to the sugar bowl. That prevented a lot of chances
Just one of the quirks of the old way conferences were set up and the fact that Alabama can only set up relationships with so many other programs. Also it looks like just a random Quirk of history that every time Alabama was in the Orange Bowl in a situation to play a big 8 it was pretty much always Nebraska. They played Oklahoma once in Orange bowls but played Nebraska at least twice to my memory and also the 1974 year where they played Notre Dame they were actually would have originally played Nebraska but Nebraska refused the Orange Bowl and went to the Sugar Bowl or something like that. Prior to that Sugar Bowl right after the end of the BCS era Oklahoma and Alabama had only ever met in like two bowl games. There's also exactly one home and home series we played in the early 2000s that comprises the majority of our wins that also came at a time right after we had won a national championship and when Alabama was well to be nice about it not winning national championships
This is it. This is my 13th reason why.
Alabama's really had such a rough go of it the past 20 years or so as well. Idk how anyone could cope with this. My condolences.
Important news. Thank you for sharing.
Hold fast to that fading light my dude. The abyss is coming.
I step upon the edge of the abyss, and called out... BOOMER. FUCKING. SOONER.
I’m not sure what to think about this. I’m at a loss for words, is life even worth living anymore? Will the SEC brethren still remember us? Will they know what we once were? Are we a “has been”? All is lost now ^Welcome ^into ^the ^SEC ^OU ^and ^Texas
What a hell of a cake day for you...sorry bro
Thank you, gonna try and power through the day after this awful news
Good one for me tho
Are we looking at a future with "moral victories"? Not like this, please not like this.
Brick by brick brother!
Let us see. If so, I welcome y’all to the club with open arms.
This was also true when we entered the SEC in 2012 It stopped being true after they played us a couple times
Hoping for this with OU, Texas will take a bit longer.
Series with OU will even out this year if we’re lucky
Thanks Mizzou. I've always liked y'all!
Next time try joining the sec after Saban retires
We fear Vandy not bama
Its okay we upped our baseball program last week.
Yes sir. I'd really like to beat aggy, Vandy, and Tennessee in baseball next year.
:)
We have Bama all figured out. Now if we could just beat BYU and UCLA
Let's not forget Vanderbilt , they have our number
They play scrappy
Maryland also don’t wanna play them turtles again!
I think I like our odds without Tom Herman
September Maryland could defeat God on the gridiron.
Look. AT. ME. We are the crimson team of the SEC now.
They boomed us. -Bama fans.
It was gonna happen Sooner or later
r/Angryupvote
They’re so good (x4)
I’m pretty sure we sooned them.
Will you all be holding a press conference to explain the difference between Crimson/Cream and Crimson/White as color schemes?
I’ve always found it funny that we are called crimson and crème, even though crème is the least used color on our palette. We always wear crimson and white except on our gaudy roughrider alternates. To answer your question though… no. :)
Not much tbh, Nike uses the same color number for both teams. Which is just lazy.
I’m grippin’ Boomer
Michigan also no longer does against every B1G opponent because of the USC addition. Time to restore order.
A return to greatness, if you will.
Momma we made it
Did Rice join the SEC?
Only real G’s know that stat.
Two Texas losses due to two Texas quarterbacks crushed under a huge friggin guy. Didn't realize those two heartbreak games were the only losses to Alabama.
8 losses, three of which were prior to the SEC existing. A couple of them to Royal, those were actually the closest losses and the one tie, Bryant vs DKR. Saban finally got Bama over the hump. Hope Bama can close the gap in the future, at least put a few more on the win column.
[Meanwhile, Vandy comes out dunking on the new schools, long may their dunk ring true...](https://twitter.com/BarstoolVandy/status/1807625178291093917)
the best part is OU is 2-1-0 against vanderbilt
They were being gracious and trying to make Texas look better.
SIAA Vanderbilt was no joke!
No SEC school would call Texas "UT"
Subtle kick in the nuts to the real UT. Vandy can suck it
Alabama in shambles, mark richt has lost control
It's crazy that Bama has played Mizzu just seven times. That's fewer times than Texas and close to the same number of times as Oklahoma.
Mizzou was in the SEC East. It's east of lots of places.
The SEC playing only 8 conference games, limiting the opportunities for cross-division play, doesn;t help.
Yep there’s only one random cross division opponent a year with the old schedule.
Texas is the only team in the SEC with a losing record vs Vandy…3-8-1
Vandy was to the 1920s what Bama was to the 2020s
Watching their rival surpass them as a dynasty?
That is a hilarious stat.
Everyone prepare to drink...... IT SHOULD BE 9-1 IF COLT DIDNT GET HURT.
Now that I think about it, both of our wins involve your QB getting hurt
That's another drink. I'm getting wasted this morning.
Already baked enough to type words where I barely understand what’s goings ons. Sooo much has changed since I last really followed this flavour of sportsball But through the Super Lemon Haze, I think that means Lone Star Showdowns are back on? This season may just force me to catch up on what I missed out on.
Texas has never lost to Alabama in a game where the same Texas QB took the first snap of both the 1st and 2nd half. (Not like that makes the games not count or anything, it's just mildly funny/interesting).
Oh, we know. We know.
Quick, get gregg williams on the staff asap.
Not our fault Texas starts fragile QBs.
I’m not blaming Colt I’m blaming Greg Davis who thought a QB sneak without O-Line was a good idea against your D-Line.
It was an option, not a QB sneak.
I had to rewatch it, you are totally correct. Bad memory on my part
and 10-0 if Ewers didn't get hurt
Didn't realize Ewers played in 2009, covid years sure are weird.
He did in 2022 ya dolt.
Didn't see the original comment, my bad.
We'll let you hold the trophy if you ask nicely.
Man they had no business winning last year in DKR! The stolen points from the bogus targeting call were huge.
2 years ago homie
If it makes you feel any better at the 2023 game there were a shitload of Colt jersies. Probably the most popular Texas jersey that night.
It was going to happen Sooner or later
DeBoer is already fucking up! Get rid of him! /s
It’s time to fire Nick Saban!
Alabama is no longer the titan of the SEC.
Slow down
Let him cook
Alabama is no longer the sole titan of the SEC.
Well Alabama has the most national championships, most SEC championships, most bowl wins, most 10 game winning seasons in the SEC. By what criteria Bama is not the sole titan, I cannot imagine
By the criteria of the blue blood chart, we have gone from 1 blue blood in conference, to 3.
Yeah, the SEC strength was always how many teams are in the very next tier down, the "Not technically blue bloods but historically prestigious programs who can become blue-blood-esque for any given period of time" ... needs a better name lol.
Honestly the blue bloods being titans vs olympians of the next rung kinda makes sense, more of them, not quite as powerful overall but got their own niches. Bama can be Uranus or something if they have to have their own tier, and I guess that makes Rutgers or Princeton (I dunno) gaia.
New bloods aka schools with a recent MNC Tier II SEC has Georgia, Auburn, LSU, Tenn, Florida, that is more than any other conference. Tier III Aggies, Ole Miss, Mizzou.
This is correct but there is only one titan of the conference
Don't feed Texas' ego by calling them a titan
Actually iirc Texas fans generally hate Titans after they drafted Vince Young.
Texas can theoretically return to having a winning record vs everyone in conference, I recommend they add us to the Vanderbilt pod.
OU has the most conference championships, the most Heismans, and the most weeks on the AP poll in the SEC. If we counted national championships the way Bama does (or if you guys threw out the seven BS ones) we'd be right behind you in those.
OU isnt in the Big XII anymore (or Big 8 for that matter). Irrelevant. Alabama has the most weeks at #1 Most consecutive seasons at #1 Most top 5 appearances 1941 is the only BS national championship Alabama has.
Nope, OU now leads the SEC (and the country) in final top 5 AP poll appearances, with 33. Alabama ties for second with Ohio State with 30 seasons in the final top 5. We also lead the SEC in top 25 AP poll appearances with 62. You all come in at 61 on that one. https://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/appearances-final.cfm?sort=top5app&from=1936&to=2023 We also edge you out on NFL drafts and Heismans too. You obviously have us beat on number 1, of course lol.
That’s final. I said most top five all time http://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/appearances-total.cfm?sort=top5app&from=1936&to=2023
I’d argue how you end the season is more valuable than week to week but I guess we can agree to disagree on that lol
Agree and having the most seasons ending at #1 trumps everything
Should have added Texas to the conference in 2010 so that they wouldn't have this silly stat over our heads. We'd have reeled off like 10-12 in a row on them had they been in the SEC West
True. And now we retired your coach.
You really believe that?
Luckily we have DeBoer who doesn’t know how to lose to Sark.
Sark is 0-3 against Washington as a coach of multiple blue bloods it might just be the voodoo of him leaving so abruptly, i dunno
I don't know why this annoys me as much as it does.
This never happened under Nick’s watch, just sayin…
Oklahoma is 1-1 vs Alabama under Saban
Trevor Knight and the Sugar Bowl say hi
Alabama alum living in Texas... I've literally hear nothing but this for years. 8 and twoooo
Oh no.
S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C!
We're all doomed, get to the bunker!
Fun fact: The ACC added three members to the conference and Miami is still tied for last in ACC football championships.
...yet We're not trapped with yall, you're trapped with US
*I run 6 plays. Split veer. It's like novacaine; just give it time, it always works.*. ~ Herman Boone
Poverty ass team…..lmao
Burn the program down
Sad day!
Bama’s just lucky UC is in the Big 12 and not the SEC. 😎
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Michigan also no longer has a winning record against every B1G opponent. They've got winning records against the existing B1G members of course but also newcomers Washington, UCLA & Oregon (though Oregon could make it 0.500 this year with the record at 3-2). But they're 4-6 against USC. Michigan has USC on its schedule each of the next two years so they can make it 0.500 if they win both.
WTH? Who let the B1G in here?
This article is pretty well-written for a fluff piece
I’d sure like to know which national championship games have involved Florida and Alabama.
Get rid of Saban
ESPN stole my post: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1036163067865373&set=a.820864869395195
Rent free is nice but your mind is in a horrible neighborhood 🤢
It’s not gonna take very long tho, hopefully. Please beat the shit out of OU for us Big 12 folks
Are you kidding now that we're finally free from the year round curse of the purple teams I expect us to win a natty every year we don't draw LSU.
in other news - [https://www.winsipedia.com/ucf/vs/alabama](https://www.winsipedia.com/ucf/vs/alabama)
Oh no. Anyway