Poll Results are Looking Good So Far....

04 Barn?

Seriously? I would put at least 3 of those Bama teams ahead of them, possibly all four!

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by BamaReturns07 on Jun 6, 2009 10:26 PM CDT reply actions

Too Many Young Whippersnappers

The best team in state history isn’t even included in this poll. Where’s the love for ’61?

11-0 record
Outscored opponents 297-25 (that’s giving up 2.3 points per game—take that USC!)
Shut out six opponents
Bryant’s first national championship winning team

Oh, and you kids get off my lawn.

by Watchman on Jun 6, 2009 10:45 PM CDT reply actions

Oh, and you kids get off my lawn.

lol that’s classic.

by thecrimsoncavalier on Jun 6, 2009 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions

1961...

…was one of the best, but I have a hard time choosing between them, 1979, 1966, and 1945 (one of the “other five” teams, which featured the incomparable Harry Gilmer).

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 7, 2009 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions

that marked Namath as the Best Player didn’t really watch the games…he was a good qb, with a much better Pro career than college, IMHO. And, as far as best player, easy. Bo. I’m as big a homer as the next guy, but he was better (slightly) than Bennett.

I just won a t-shirt tearing contest against the Tennessee coaching staff

by Stuck in the Plains on Jun 7, 2009 8:52 AM CDT reply actions

heresy

And I voted for DT myself….

Roll Bama Roll

by Todd on Jun 7, 2009 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions

+1

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 7, 2009 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions

ditto

by JR01 on Jun 8, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Yep...

…as much as it pains me to say, Jackson was the best player. Keep in mind, however, that our teams have NEVER been about individual players. Hence, no Heisman winners. I’ll take TEAM any day of the week over individual performances.

You had me at "ROLL TIDE"!!!

by bamavicki on Jun 7, 2009 9:11 AM CDT reply actions

I'll agree...

…only that Bo was the best RB, but it’s hard for me to compare to players like DT, Biscuit, Lee Roy, Woodrow Lowe, Namath, Stabler, Gilmer, Deuce, Ozzie, and Don Hutson.

Of course, I’m with you on preferring team accolades to individual ones. This ain’t tennis, yo.

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 7, 2009 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions

No one can seriously

say that Dye or Jordan were the best coaches in state history. That is just plain crazy.

I would agree that Bo Jackson was the best player in state history, although Lee Roy Jordan should be second and he is not even on the list.

And the 1961 Bama team was the best with 6 shutouts. In 1992 we actually had a pretty tight game against La Tech of all people and UT was also close, just winning by 7 and we also gave up 21 to MSU.

In 1961 we had not one close game except the Sugar Bowl which was close in score only (10-3.) What was it Coach Bryant said, “They thought it was a sin to let someone score.” In 61 the most points any opponet scored was 7.

I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.

by 5026 on Jun 7, 2009 9:30 PM CDT reply actions

It's impossible...

…to pick an all-time best team from Alabama. I agree that the 1992 team — while sporting the best defensive unit I’ve ever seen — does not get the nod.

But is it the 1979 team, which posted five shutouts and won by an average score of 32-6?

Or is it the shafted Stabler-led 1966 squad, which won by an average score of 27-4 and posted six shutouts of its own, including four straight to end the regular season before thrashing Nebraska in the only bowl that mattered?

Or how about that 1961 team 5026 has already defended, led by Pat Trammell, Billy Neighbors, and Lee Roy Jordan, with a defense that outshines all others and won by an average score of 27-2?

There’s also the 1934 team, which featured Don Hutson (and some other End) and won by an average score of 32-5.

And of course, the first championship team in 1925, with All-American Pooley Hubert and soon-to-be cowboy Johnny Mack Brown won by an average score of 30-3.

If forced to choose, I would select the overlooked 1945 squad, which featured perhaps the greatest player in Alabama football history, Harry Gilmer, and won by an average score of 43-8. True, the defense allowed more points than the aforementioned teams, but they did post a few shutouts themselves, and that 35 point spread is hard to dismiss.

Anyway, it’s just too hard to anoint one of these teams over the rest. We’ll just have to settle for agreeing that the greatest team in Alabama history wore crimson and white.

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 7, 2009 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions