2009: The Beginning - A look back at Alabama's first championship season under Nick Saban
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- Опубликовано: 13 ноя 2019
- You remember the T-shirt: “Tebow cried. Cam Lied. LSU tried.”
There were different variations of the T-shirt after Alabama’s national championship run in 2009, which would be the first of five national championships under coach Nick Saban.
“This is not the end,” the Alabama coach said. “This is the beginning.”
But, before you can truly appreciate that national championship win, you have to understand the mindset, the personnel changes, the opponents and the obstacles standing in the Crimson Tide’s way.
The year before, the Tide was a victim of Urban Meyer’s Florida Gators. Tim Tebow ripped open the heart of the Crimson Tide as the Gators secured a second straight national title.
A stunning loss to Utah in the Sugar Bowl gave the Tide back-to-back losses in a season which started with a win over a ninth-ranked Clemson team “that announced Alabama on the national stage.”
Gone from the 2008 team were leaders Antoine Caldwell, Andre Smith, John Parker Wilson, Glen Coffee and Rashad Johnson. Those players replaced with names like Greg McElroy, Barrett Jones, Mark Ingram, Mike Johnson, Julio Jones, and Trent Richardson.
AL.com, on the 10th anniversary of the 2009 national title run, takes a three-part visual trip through what became the foundation for a modern-day college-football dynasty. 
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“I want everybody to know: This is NOT the end. THIS is the beginning!.” - Nick Saban 2009. The goat.
im a tennessee fan sadly, but mad respect for nick and bama.
I was there when he said it as thinking back to when he said that was crazy. He was right
His comment aged well
Nick Saban and Nostradamus are one and the same.
@Aaron Castleberry as it had been once before
I was born and bred an Ohio State Buckeye, and I’ll always be proud of my team, no matter what. You can’t however, deny the fact that Bama has long been the golden standard in all of college football. There’s a reason they’re always favored in just about every game they play. Nonetheless, I love my Buckeyes, and always will. Just wanted to give Bama some respect.
Thanks and we Bama fans give y'all Ohio State mad respect because y'all are a class act, and have seperated yourselfs in an elite class of college football teams
@@dhuck470 appreciate that man. It’s better than being a Michigan fan, that’s for sure haha but for real though, congratulations on y’all’s championship season man!
@@dhuck470 speak for yourself
O-H-OH-NO
Thanks Zach, & Nobody can ever sleep on Ohio State either, so right back @ cha!!!👊😘
"Between that and being a ginger, it's really a lot to have to carry through life." - Cecil Hurt
The best quote
I was like what??? Lol 😂
As a ginger, I find this to be the most brilliant quote ive ever heard. Im always happy when someone is sympathetic to the cause. Who understands the struggle. GLM
I’m a ginger and wtf
@@joshmattmilo Fellow ginger here and I couldn't agree more. An awakening is brewing within the ginger community. We'll all stand together with our allies and finally achieve true equality in society!
Who's back and watching this after the Alabama vs. Ohio State game? True legend
Me
Hell ya
I'll always look back to where we came from and who brought us there!
"He's won FIVE national championships" is old news.
And the interview isn't even very old.
Yes sir. It's cool to look back now and remember how it all started
My Daddy, a life long Bama fan, passed away in July of 2009. I wanted/needed them to win all of this. It meant so much. Daddy would’ve been just tickled to see what happed that year and beyond!
Seeing Tebow cry never gets old. RMFT
Love Cecil’s quote about Greg being a ginger 😂 RIP Cecil Hurts! Bama nation will always be grateful
I was at the Tennessee game with my sister. When the Vols were ready to kick I was in tears with my eyes closed sitting and praying while everyone around me was on their feet. The next thing I know my sister grabbed my shirt and was yellin "Cody blocked it!! Cody blocked it!!" The crowd around me erupted screaming and yelling. I started crying tears of joy while weak in my knees. It is a moment in my life that I will never forget.
I had to work that game! I worked at O'Reilly Auto parts and I jumped up on the counter! Thankfully no customers were in the store because I looked like a crazy man! That was a special year for Bama football!
Yea Bama was special that year and our defense was even nastier the previous year but I bet if mcelroy would've played Florida we'd beaten them
I remember the 2009 season like it was yesterday !!! This has been a great ride so far with coach Nick Saban and The Alabama Crimson Tide !!! 🐘 Roll Tide Roll 🐘 18 X National Champions 🏆 !!!
Same I remember the 2010 season aswell because of ncaa 11 I always used bama in the dynasty game mode
I a bama fan and in never forget the 2009 season and won the championship i still got that DVD of the championship game 4sho.
Marquise Maze played at my highschool. Now he's the running backs coach there
Great to hear Marquise Maze is giving back to his old high school 🐘🏈💯% R T R Thanks for being a Alabama Crimson Tide Man ! Donald Woodall
5:20 did this man really say "he's saddled with being a game manager, between that and being a ginger, it's really alot to carry through life"
I died
It's true, I really wouldn't mind being called a game manager.
He is not a red head, that hair is crimson 😁
Lolol
They won that thing one more time for my Ma right before she passed
My dad passed September 2019 @ 78 he was a BAMA fan all his life. I can only imagine how happy your MOTHER was. Peace RTR
My mom was dying during the 2009 season. She got to watch BAMA win another Natty. She died in March 2010. One year before the awful tornado.
Yeah me too. Surprising how many times my Ma passed right after. 18 times
My mom found out she was terminally ill in December 2009. This was my mom’s last championship she was well enough to watch. She would be so happy over the last 11 years. That season meant a lot to me. I’m glad mom got to enjoy it all! I miss you mom!
I remember how proud I felt after the 2009 SEC Championship game. It was such an awesome feeling compared to the 2008 sec championship results. I live alabama football and breath crimson every day. I find myself watching videos like this every day. Special thanks to Coach Saban for bringing us back to the elite!!!
Well said my guy 💯
Its so crazy, I started being a true football/bama fan in 2005 but still didn't really didn't understand the ins and outs until 2007-08. And once I watched and saw how amazing the 2008 team was, I said in the offseason, the 2009 team is going to win a championship and I will spend every bit of my free time this one year (I was a freshmen in college so my classes weren't too hard so I had a good bit of free time) researching and following every single football player on this team and learning every stat and reading every post about them, and that was the only team I did that with and I knew I would never have that kind of time again to follow a team like that one, and when bama played UT(I was at that game) and they lined up to kick the game winning FG I was literally pale white and light headed, thinking that this one special year that we may actually not win, and then one of the most amazing moments happened with the Cody block, and the rest is history. I love all bama championships and know a good bit about the teams, but there will never be a team I will cover and follow more closely than this 2009 team. Was a truly special group.
I remember that game like it was yesterday. Didn’t get to watch much of it except towards the end. And they lined up the kick and Cody blocked it and I remember thinking why did they show a replay ( he had blocked a kick earlier in the game) like why would they do this now and then the place erupted and I realized that it wasn’t a replay Cody had blocked ANOTHER KICK! Amazing moment!
I was at that also. My family & I have been season ticket holders since 1982. I remember we were standing by the fence behind the players bench when Cody blocked that kick & everyone going crazy. Special memories!
Excellent post! If there was a team to follow, that 2009 group would be my pick, too!
Amazing story!
Lifetime Bama fan and I feel exactly the same way... I grew up watching Bear Bryant's Alabama teams. When Bear retired my Dad and I were talking and we agreed that no one would ever be better than Bear. We always believed Bama would be good but we believed we would never see the GREAT-NESS of a Bear team. Sadly, my dad passed and never saw the Saban Era. However, I have witnessed something I never thought possible. The greatest college football coach and team ever!!! That was a SPECIAL team. RTR!!!
Coach O was a Tennessee assistant in '09?? I had no idea!!
I seen that too! I had to pause it and go back and take a second look
Yep, and when Kiffin left the Vols (in the middle of the night) he and Ed O left together, with a LOT of the Vols top recruits from what I understand. The Vols haven't recovered since then. Just goes to show you the good and bad ONE head coach can do, especially when you compare Coach Saban with Lane Kiffin. Kiffin leaving the WAY he did devastated the Vols and it's still being felt. It also illustrates just how great Coach Nick Saban actually is.
He has been all over the place.
Funny, I said the exact same thing.
Here after Bama just won number 18. Hopefully many more to come. Roll Saban, and RMFT!!!
Here again in 2024 after the saban retirement :(
6 National Title's later,The Momentum and Dynasty is still a well oiled machine!
This was the beginning and we haven't looked back since
The fall is coming just be prepared for it
@@jasonjohnson6403 I hear you but I don’t believe you
@@trusoldier77 it’s never coming he hating
@@jasonjohnson6403 when
In all honesty, Saban isn’t going to coach forever. And it’s rare to have a coaching change, and there not be any drop off. It’s hard to imagine, but just about all college teams drop off sooner or later. It’s ever shifting
Been a bama fan since I was a kid around 1977 , I live in Edmonton Alberta Canada , this team has always giving me lots to look forward to can't wait for the 21 season
Roll Tide!!
Welp
Coming back to this after the loss to TAMU in 2021…taking some inspiration for the rest of the season.
Can’t believe Gene Chizik is featured in this video so much. He seems like a good guy and a class act.
Roll Tide.
Same. You may enjoy the 2015 tritube video by youtuber Forrest Funk.
It's not like he's got anything else to do...
Just watched this whole video being a Tennessee fan... I think i’m gonna go cry in a corner
I feel ya
Don't do that. Keep the faith of a winning team, and it will come.
Im a Auburn fan but atleast we won titles or had great big game moments unlike Georgia lol
I'm there
Greg McElroy needs to give himself more credit. He just need that dog in him but dude was a great player for UA
Pretty sure he got like a 49 on the Wonderlic test. Super smart guy.
According to Cecil he's just a ginger 😂
Offense was boring when he was QB
@@stedmanstevenson9473 Agree 100% - perfect example of Bama game manager QB w good running game and defense - Hurts was the last of this breed and costed Bama during Ch game w Clemson and sign of changing tide in college football (gave Clemson 99 offensive plays and awesome defense was tired out) - just imagine this philosophy during Ole Miss and FL this year (we’d be UGA 😂)....
Maybe Greg wanted to be Humble and respectful because he might wind up like tebow crying about Losing
"Rocky Block"....Mt Cody saved the day that game!
He blocked it with his tittie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
i'm a ohio st fan its amazing what nick saban has done.in my book one of best of all time
Loved this!! Would have been great to see Urban Meyer or Tebow talk about how Florida saw the game and Alabama!
No doubt brother.
Crazy Arenes wasn’t mentioned at all. One of Alabama best punt returners ever
The Florida game in 2009 and the Sugar Bowl vs Miami following the 1992 season are the two best games I've seen Alabama play in my lifetime. Too, the 1992 and 2009 teams had a lot in common.
That Miami win was the greatest to me. Coach Stallings was was a great coach, when he put 11 defensive players on the line, Miami just gave up. Plus George Teaque running down that receiver and taking the ball away from him. So many great plays.
I Love Greg he was a great QB he does not give himself enough credit
As a lifelong Georgia fan, the two moments from this season that come to mind first are the last second blocked FG against Tennessee, and Alabama making Tebow cry in that SEC Championship Game.
Who’s watching this after we just beat Georgia. Yes. I love this team and this coach. Just never count out Alabama never.
Greg was VASTLY underrated. He was a championship Qb, a winner. We don't win in 2009 without him. He was a beast against the best team ever, Florida.
This hits home even more now that Saban has retired.
I was virtually weeping at the start of that 2009 SEC championship game, it was like here we are again against Tebow...
Probably 1 of my ALL TIME Bama seasons ever.. ROLL TIDE!
When Saban said this is the beginning I knew he was going to change this program untill the best college team in modern history and he did that
I was a little too young to really appreciate the ‘92 season, so this was in a way my first Bama Championship. Still the sweetest for me.
Lot of similarities between the 92 and 09 teams.
Me too. I was 11 and remembered the 92 national championship; my parents went to that game, but I wasn't much into Bama football at that point.
The 92 season had a defense that was unreal. They were great. The 09 offense was better.
92 for us old fans allowed us to believe bama could be great after best bryant.
That blocked kick against Tenn. is a miracle.
2 Blocked Kicks to be precise
@@bamafan5099 the last one was more important than the first one.
Ok...
I remember wishing that we block it, and it happened.
It was awesome that he blocked it but the kicker messed it up to begin with. That ball was kicked WAY too low and should've had more arc on it to avoid that from happening. Thank you Daniel Lincoln!! ROLL TIDE!!
Tebow crying, that is a moment i will never forget how sweat those tears were. 😢
Now we can add another one to that - 2020, under difficult circumstances with covid, but an all SEC Schedule, 13-0 is sweet! Roll Tide Roll!!! 🐘🏈🏆
My favorite season!
@@bebe9142 My favorite season ever too!! It was so fun watching an all SEC schedule. And the team just seemed extremely close (also like the 2009 team). Roll Tide!
@@ashleydaniell1553 Roll Tide!!!❤️🐘❤️
These games will forever be remembered! This is the greatest dynasty ever in college ball. RoLLTideRoLL!
McElroy talkin bout himself as if he wasn’t a top tier collegiate athlete. Cool guy
Very underrated QB. He had a good arm and was accurate, but his best attributes were his decision making and his leadership. He followed the cardinal rule for QB's "don't beat yourself".
@@tidefanyankee2428 that's a nice way too say he's avg which he was
@@seankelly4594 I'd say he was above average. Either way, he has a National Championship ring. And his time with the Tide led to a career in broadcasting. McElroy was also a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship.
McElroy's problem was his timing. He got to the SEC at the most pivotal moment the conference experienced since Integration. Historically, he would've fit in with the rest of the greatest QBs in SEC history, but he finished his career when the Spread Revolution guys like Tim Tebow and Cam Newton were ushering in was changing the conference forever. Being sufficient was no longer acceptable. You had to be a dazzling playmaker yourself now.
AJ McCarron was easily better than Greg, John Parker Wilson, Brodie Croyle, and Tyler Watts. Easily. You'd think being the starting QB at Alabama at that time at the height of the Dynasty would open it's own doors, but it didn't.
He couldn't do what Johnny Manziel, RG3, and Jameis Winston were doing, so he got overlooked. It was all about versatility now. There's a reason Blake Sims (of all people) replaced AJ at QB the very next year.
Very humble.
This was an incredible film, and I cannot believe the NFL legends that just played not knowing the future
Watching this in 2020 after Bama won the SEC title over Florida and im reminded why I ❤ Greg McElroy.
He brought us victory over Tebow. He may not mean anything to you but he's a Legend in Tuscaloosa. #RollTide
That was the best SEC Championship I had ever watched. #RTR
Tebow crying,I will remember that forever
@@RT22-pb2pp made it more special.
Crazy to see the dynasty they’ve become.
The 2008 and 2009 teams set the foundation for the Saban years. Never forget!
As a ND fan it’s in my DNA not to root for Bama….but damn they’ve been SO good for SO long….I feel very lucky to have been able to witness the run they’ve been on for over a decade now…Go Irish!☘️
I think Kirby will end up surpassing Nick once he's gone. Maybe Bama can purchase his services after Saban retires.
Alabama Crimson Tide a great football program and Nick Saban one of the greatest coaches in College Football history a hall of famer.
I think he is now the greatest coach in college football history after he beat Ohio state for number 7
09 bama v Florida was like 12 bama Georgia, that was the real national championship game. It’s been a long long time since I’ve seen a game with that big of an impact of who would win it all.
im a tennessee fan sadly, but mad respect for nick and bama.
10 20 2021 I'm back reliving these good ole days
Love The Crimson Tide. Best Team Ever.
I was very lucky to be there!!!! It ended up freezing cold by the end but Mark warmed us back up.... South Carolina
Saban is the undeniable GOAT for sure and they are having an UNBELIEVABLE run! 👍
Glenn coffee. Damn haven't heard that name in so long
Retired after one year with 49ers
@@erics2739 I believe he went special forces after that. Want to know what a man is? THIS IS A MAN!
Here we are 1/15/21 and Alabama is coming off its 6th National Championship in 12 years.
thanks for the upload, lots of respect for these guys and that team and especially Saban.
Long live the king 'Saban'. I really liked McElroy. He really did good that season. And to have McCarron coming up next, we were blessed. Lane Kiffin always gives us our hardest games. He's a good coach. Mark Ingram and Richardson was on another level. Another half a second Tennessee would of got another shot at that field goal cause of Cody taking his helmet off too soon. Auburn is king of the trick plays. I'm glad we had Kiffin at that Auburn game calling that pass call to win it for us was awesome.
I remember watching Bama as a child. I remember seeing the 2 losses to Notre Dame in the 70's. I remember the Natty's against Arkansas & Penn State. Then we lost the Bear & everything went down hill til we got Gene Stallings and Bama beating Miami in the Sugar Bowl was so delightful. I knew before the game even started that Bama was going to win the day. When Teague ran down what should have been a TD for Miami & took the ball away from the receiver I lmao!!!! I was in a room full of Hurricane fans & I took their $$$!!! I moved & my life was crazy for a decade & Bama was too. But then Saban showed up. And I knew Bama was back as soon as I heard Saban make his first speach at Alabama!!! 2007 showed growing pains but I knew that the program would blossom. And it bloomed well over a decade!!!
ALABAMA: THE GREATEST DYNASTY IN THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!! UNBELIEVABLE DOMINANCE. AND LIKE THEY SAY ALABAMA DOESN'T HAVE BACKUPS THEY JUST HAVE MORE STARTERS LOL I'm a husker fan but I love watching Alabama and how disciplined and tough every team is every year. Enjoyable to watch. Roll tide and GO BIG RED
That season started the bama dynasty
You don't say?
Nah ‘08 did
@@jeremiahcrenshaw2522 💯💯💯
40 likes proves how stupid People are. It's the name of the damn video
You may be too young to remember but Bama was a Dynasty long before then, remember Bear Bryant? Late 70's Sugar Bowls against Penn State,the most memorable moment in Bama history "Goal line stand". I was there both years and stood outside the locker room and got every Bama players autograph,Bears and Joe Paternos on our programs.
The Cody block was awesome reliving it
Here a day after the sec championship win vs Georgia. Everyone doubted Bama and we not only won but won by a 3 possession margin vs who everyone thought was the best team in the country by a mile! Headed into the CFB playoff game vs Cincinnati I am very excited and hope we win that and the final and can lift #19 🤞Roll Tide
That Rocky Stop against Tennessee was unforgettable
Imagine the feeling after eat here achievement for the first guys compared to the guys of now and recent years. Now they expect it, these are some of the guys that had the first and I can’t imagine how it felt for them coming as recruits “wanting” to achieve the highest highs but in their mind not really believing it was absolutely possible.
My favorite team of alabama hands down
That is Absolutely A True Statement! Now Every Year ALL FANS/ ALL CONFERENCES- Expect ALABAMA Nick Saban to Deliver a National Championship Team- And are So Super Critical ( example- 1 of So many- Gary Danielson of CBS - Who Thinks Somehow he is a Better Armchair Coach than Saban- And THANK JESUS - SEC IS LEAVING CBS - not soon enough in Most TIDE FANS OPINIONS) - But Now Our Recruiting is SOOO DEEP IS AMAZING And The Best in the Nation- and started from 2009- And STILL GOING STRONGER THAN EVER
@@lovingenglishmastiffs7165 some Bama fans are like that but not all of us. That's why I don't mind seeing them lose sometimes. Gets some of those "fair weather", bandwagon fans to jump ship somewhere else. Those fans didn't suffer through the mid/late 90's and early 00's with the rest of us true fans. Those Freddie Kitchens years were tough to be a Bama fan lol.
Love McElroy......everyone said before that Florida game that both team were even at every position except QB....Florida had All-world Tebow and we had a nobody a nothin at QB.....Well i got a lil choked up watchin how flawless McElroy played that night.......when that game was over he was a Bama Legend for life because he slayed the unbeatable....Tebow....after that win Florida and the entire college football world knew his name.
As Nick Saban retires and I look back on it all. No game matches the joy I had after the 2009 SEC championship.
I miss that South Carolina team we haven’t been the same since Spurrier retired
He really said their offense against ole miss was bad, it was like 51-3 like come on now
Still unbelievable! RTR!!
McEnroe has turned out to be the guy I listen to about what each team has going for it and his analyzes of teams! He’s just the best! All the men I know classify him as the best and most accurate research of game challengers! He’s amazing and was a great Quarterback for Alabama! I listen to him and search for his thoughts on games ahead! He’s spot on!
When Upchurch caught that pass...a little tear came out.
Congratulations to Alabama they won another national championship again
" they did not give warm donkey manure" .... honesty at it's finest😂
The 2009 squad was the perfect combination of hard-working veterans and young 4/5 star studs
the number of coaches and mini dynasties that we ended and survived is jaw dropping.
Anywhere Big Ten and PAC8/10/12 football fans travel, they tell you how special Pasadena and why it's called "The Granddaddy" of all the bowl games. There's nothing that even compares to the Rose Bowl. It's pretty cool modern day Alabama got to experience it.
A great documentary. Mandatory viewing for any college football fan.
I’m a Tennessee fan can’t believe I watched this whole thing lol it was enjoyable though as I love football regardless but I hate the way finebaum roasted them lol
Watching this three years later, and look at what they have done to the running back position in the NFL no matter what the foundation of Football is running the ball. Perfect example of South Carolina versus Alabama. #22 saved the game by running. Block O-line, gap, man, over, outside.
Thank you guys, you set the tone!
Yup, 5 National Championships in the last 13 plus years, an heck of an accomplishment. "Never Been Satisfied" FROM: Nick Saban
The MOST SATISFYING thing was watching Tebow cry like a baby!!!😢😢😢
This the year it started!!
Nick Saban is the greatest college football coach of all time. He is a playaway here and there from winning multiple national championships he did not win. And at the time of this post ,he has seven overall six at bama and one at LSU. The entire time he has been coaching at Alabama he has lost less games than the average SEC team in a two-year span, give or take a few games. As an Alabama fan I felt every one of those losses, but it's good to know that a bad season for Alabama is not winning the national championship. Other than Nick Saban himself the fans demand perfection.
That Virginia Tech team they played was super talented but had horrendous play calling from the offensive coordinator
So many years putting up with the Gator impossible perfection. All I could remember was an Auburn victory over Florida. Until this game that I had been waiting for so long. I have a blanket hanging on my wall as a memorial of this season.
Little did these guys know they would be the foundation to build a dynasty
Will always be my favorite Bama team of all-time, born in 87
That season started the bama dynasty
Hopefully this 2020 team finishes off.an undefeated season with a National Title.
Hello and thanks. Love Me some Football. Cool. Coach NICK Saban is the Scarface of College Football. Titan Up and Roll Tide Roll vs the Process. Thank you
Canes fan here, but Bama has been the gold standard for almost 20 years now.
Thank you, much love and respect for your Canes the U once mighty team who still owns Oklahoma and Texas. Hoping Bama can be like the U back in the day. With serious attitude aggression and huge chip on the shoulder!! Happy holidays and Roll Tide to the U!! Good luck to your team, the U
This team is 1 of my favs of Saban era, Hard to claim 1 team tho as my fav tho. Nothin against Greg McCleroy but Aj is my fav QB during this Dynasty. But after my fav I can’t decide 2nd fav or further. Personal opinion and not saying AJ was better than the other QBs during the Saban era. I just have always like Aj lol extremely underrated too, a lot and McCleroy,Blake Sims, Jake Coker also underrated.
2009 started in 2008 with the 2008 team that really set the standard for the younger talented guys
Will always be the greatest Bama team was of all-time in my opinion, being born in 87
You should have been born in early 60's they were many one really stand out is. The 1979 sugar bowl you should give it a watch.
We miss you Cecil . RIP
the fact mcelroy remembers the exact play for the auburn game is crazy
It’s 2022 and Saban is entering a season ranked #1 in the country. He has the #1 recruiting class today…What’s crazy is BAMA just played in yet another ship last year and loss to UGA…They’re back this year loaded with a returning Heisman QB, a great offense and a killer Defense. Saban Truly is the GOAT. He is the Jason Vorhees of college football! And that 2008-2009 TEAM started the DYNASTY!
Despite the accomplishments of the 2008 team as well as the list of contributors we had coming back, there were many national as well as regional pundits who believed Ole Miss would win the SEC West and face Florida in the SEC Championship Game in 2009.
Gene Chizik shows class.
That team picked up a program put it on their backs and carried us to the top. Then passed it on to the next one and looked them in the eye and said, we put it on top now keep it here. Defend this mountain top like you would you child. The bama nation is watching past present and future. So never forget you do not want to be the one to end it,so carry on.
As of this writing six Natties in 12 seasons; an average of every other year for 12 seasons. Unequaled in college football history. Just incredible.