Good Lord. Saban was one game from playing for that Natty his second year and won it his third. Smart made it to the NC his second year (lost) and went 11-3 his third. You could argue that makes them about the same, but Bama went 6-7 the year before Saban and UGA went 10-3 the year before Smart. Matter of fact UGA had won 10 games in 4 of the last 5 years before Smart took over (with 1 losing season in the last 10 years prior) while Bama had only managed 10 wins only 2 times in the previous 5 years with 4 losing seasons in the last 10.