I think many of you will enjoy this article from "The Atlantic".
"We all know it's silly and immature to seek self-esteem through identification with your college football team. We all know that football is far from the most important thing that any university should be judged by.
Or rather, we say that we know these things, but deep down we know that all of the above is a lie. And University of Alabama fans know something even more profound, namely that everyone else in the country, whether they admit it or not, is jealous of us because the Crimson Tide has the greatest program in college football history.....
You can go up and down the Internet and find many bogus ranking systems that don't place Alabama at the top. (That's how you know they're bogusāif they don't rank Alabama first.) Notre Dame finishes at the top of several of these polls, and for 80 years or so, the Fighting Irish and the Crimson Tide were indeed neck-in-neck. But Notre Dame's glory is of the past; it's been more than two decades since the Irish have been a major factor in the race for number one......
Luckily for Alabama, the Tide has done quite well despite the indifference of Heisman voters. If you're making a realistic argument, Alabama's football program is superior to Notre Dame's (seven Heisman winners) or Southern Cal's (also seven, including Reggie Bush, who won it in 2005, though last year he was pressured into returning his trophy after allegations of accepting money and gifts). If we consider, say, the game since 1920, the Crimson Tide has been the best. So says the College Football Data Warehouse, whose objective ranking system includes won-lost percentage, toughness of schedule, and postseason bowl appearances. Alabama has gone to more bowl games - 58 - and won more, 32, including last year's capital one bowl, beating michigan state 49-7) with three ties." Read the entire article at The Atlantic.
"We all know it's silly and immature to seek self-esteem through identification with your college football team. We all know that football is far from the most important thing that any university should be judged by.
Or rather, we say that we know these things, but deep down we know that all of the above is a lie. And University of Alabama fans know something even more profound, namely that everyone else in the country, whether they admit it or not, is jealous of us because the Crimson Tide has the greatest program in college football history.....
You can go up and down the Internet and find many bogus ranking systems that don't place Alabama at the top. (That's how you know they're bogusāif they don't rank Alabama first.) Notre Dame finishes at the top of several of these polls, and for 80 years or so, the Fighting Irish and the Crimson Tide were indeed neck-in-neck. But Notre Dame's glory is of the past; it's been more than two decades since the Irish have been a major factor in the race for number one......
Luckily for Alabama, the Tide has done quite well despite the indifference of Heisman voters. If you're making a realistic argument, Alabama's football program is superior to Notre Dame's (seven Heisman winners) or Southern Cal's (also seven, including Reggie Bush, who won it in 2005, though last year he was pressured into returning his trophy after allegations of accepting money and gifts). If we consider, say, the game since 1920, the Crimson Tide has been the best. So says the College Football Data Warehouse, whose objective ranking system includes won-lost percentage, toughness of schedule, and postseason bowl appearances. Alabama has gone to more bowl games - 58 - and won more, 32, including last year's capital one bowl, beating michigan state 49-7) with three ties." Read the entire article at The Atlantic.
