Good mini doc I watched the other day about Bama pre Saban
Some crazy ass times before he arrived
Those times were so rough, I’ll never forget getting teased at school for being a Bama fan, it was one of those times where you just had to be there, it was worse cause Auburn was hot as fish grease at the time and had a RB with the coolest nickname in the sport and Tennessee was still relevant.
Couldn’t beat our rivals, losing to directional midwestern schools, getting shutout in a rainstorm to Southern Miss, probation, had to schedule Hawaii as our “bowl game”, hired a coach but had to fire him weeks later cause he couldn’t behave himself at the strip club.
Our 3 best years during that time were 1999, 2002, and 2005 and we had bad luck in those years too
In 1999 we did go 10-3 but lost to LA Tech and a heartbreaker to Michigan
In 2002, we won the SEC West! Except we didn’t cause we were on probation.
In 2005, it seemed like we were finally back but Prothro broke his leg, our Center got hurt and the offense went to hell the rest of the year.
All that led to Saban though so it was worth it.