RBR Poll: How Many National Championships Do You Remember?

Remember Charles White "scoring: a TD against MI in the Rose Bowl. One of the worst calls in CF history.

White is down on the 3 yard line in a big pile of bodies, yet the officical calls TD.

For that, UPI, for the younger set thats United Press Intl (a wire service) voted USC #1 over Bama.

I also fondly remember the bumper stickers: P on U UPI.

…with a slight lead over 1992. I can remember three for the record.

I was born and raised in Virginia and was 11 in 1992, but didn’t really know of Alabama football until around ‘99-’00.

that I was in front of the TV for the ‘79 and ’80 Sugar Bowls, but I can’t claim to remember them.

Mark it 3, Dude.

….especially after seeing the results.

Thanks.

I was nine years old (would turn ten 2 weeks later) and I can remember the Goal Line Stand with vivid recall. It made me an Alabama fan, and I remain an avid fan today.

My favorite championship, however, is 1992. I had graduated UA the spring before and I was about to begin my second semester in UA law school. I was there in person with my future wife, and the Miami fans had been AWFUL leading up to the game. That beat-down will, in my opinion, never be matched for sheer awesomeness.

During my undergraduate years I survived the addition to Bryant-Denny in 1987, which required all home games to be played in Birmingham, and the Bill Curry-related losing streak against Auburn. 1992 was like a shot in the arm to me.

I was lucky enough to be at the Rose Bowl for 2009’s NC, but my primary emotion following that game was relief rather than jubilation. That came later.

For the record, I don’t expect my count to end at 5.

my parents were at the game and me and my brother were left at the house with grandma

even at six the 1992 season always sticks out because of the large commemorative logo at the 50 for a 100 years of Alabama football or something

Even though I was born in ‘73 I didn’t start paying close attention to football until the early to mid 80’s.

Still may favorite.

I remember watching them win, and the 2 in the late 70s, even though I didn’t really understand what was going on at the time. ‘92 might be my fave, just because of the looks on the Cains’ players in general and Geno Toretta in particular when, early in the 2nd half, they suddenly realized as a team the game was hopeless and they pretty much quit. Good times.

was pretty wasted during the ’09 one, was playing TurboGrafx games during 92, so i guess i can only remember this one

It doesn’t seem that long ago that George Teague snatched that ball away from Lamar Thomas and Gino Torretta wet his pants when he came to the line and saw eleven players on the line of scrimmage.

6:08 of this VIDEO to see Mr. Heisman’s nervous breakdown.

The games were fairly similar IMO, and as far as the circumstances in 92 we had the whole extended family at my grandparent’s house. We’ve lost several people since then due to passing away/divorce etc, and I look back on that time with so much nostalgia. 09 was during a difficult time. I watched the game with my brother and father while my mom was in bed with cancer.

92, 09, and 11 in football, and ‘96 and ’11 in gymnastics. Should be able to remember the ’02 gymnastics championship, but honestly, I don’t. Since the intent seems to be just football though, I voted 3.

1992 has to be my fav though, I don’t remember much about the game. I do remember alot of the trash talking from Miami about how they were the best thing since slice bread, an how everybody thought we didn’t stand a chance. The victory was so sweet, I still remember getting my t-shirt an wearing it to school head held high and chest out.

/andcounting

We just moved in our new house in 1992 and had no cable hooked up yet; all we had was bunny ears to pick up ABC. I spent all afternoon making sure it was going to work for the game, I was 10. It’s weird because I was in Pasadena and New Orleans, but ’92 is still my favorite. #criedlikealittlegirl

The two that we have just won is such great satisfaction. I remember growing up just thinking of Alabama winning NCs as history and not the present in any sort. For the record I was alive during the 92 championship, but I was too young to remember.

I was only 8, but remember it, and the bond me and Dad had over that year like it was yesterday. Almost 20 years later, we still watch nearly every game together. I think we’ve only missed maybe 10 since then.

I’ll remember 2009 pretty well as our return to the top. There were a lot of memorable moments in that season. I’ll always remember Dad being out of town watching the TSIO at a hotel room. We were watching the game, literally texting back and forth almost every down. He became so pissed off at our play that day, he turned off the TV mere moments before Rocky Block convinced we had just pissed away the season and “lost to f*ckin’ Tennessee.” Will never forget making that phone call, still literally jumping up and down all alone at my house saying “HE F*CKING BLOCKED IT, CODY F*CKING BLOCKED IT!” and hearing Dad whoop and holler in the lobby of his hotel.

I’ll also surely remember 2011 for a long, long time. It was super sweet beating LSU since I live in Baton Rouge. The real reason I’ll always remember 2011 though: About a week after the game, came home absolutely plastered one night around 2:30 AM. The girlfriend (a very casual LSU fan) was asleep already. In my drunken stupor, I woke her up. She got up, got dressed, drove me to the store to buy cinnamon rolls (don’t ask why I crave them when I’m drunj, I just do). Upon returning home, she put the rolls in the oven and then proceeded, on her own will and volition, to turn on a replay of the game. She waited til the rolls were done, served them to me, kissed me and said “Come to bed when you’re bored of kicking our ass again.” I knew right then and there she was The One. I kinda knew before, but that sealed it.

1979 vs. PSU in the Sugar Bowl is my first memory of a Bama MNC, although I was alive for ’73 and ’78. I was at Bama for ’92 and while 2011 was sweet redemption, 2009 felt much more important.

I was six years old with my parents in the Superdome. This year I was 25 when I was in the Superdome with my parents.

As far as which was the best overall championship year? 2009 by far. Rocky Block, Ingram’s run against SC, the comeback at Auburn, the crucifixion of Tebow… unbelievable. It also helped that I was at the Georgia Dome and Rose Bowl. That was by far the greatest year in the history of Alabama football that I can remember.

But the actual championship game? Going with the shutout. Living in NO, I put up with so much shit from LSU fans. There’s nothing they can say at the moment. Not a thing. Plus the environment in the Superdome this year will never be matched again in my lifetime. We were the minority, in their own house, and they all had to witness a slow mauling at the hands of a Nick Saban Alabama defense.

That team was so SOLID; I know CNS wasn’t around back then, but that was a team that believed in The Process. Alabama exerted its will on Miami through better discipline and better execution, and the fact that everyone thought we didn’t have a chance just made it that much sweeter. I love the 2009 and 2011 championships in spite of their blemishes, but the 1992 championship is just perfect.

…that our de facto national title win vs. UF in 2009 may still be my favorite, but of the options provided, Ima go with our recent win over the whos. Coming back from certain elimination against a team that we lost to in the same season, a team whose fan base loathes us, and playing them in the Superdome all had something to do with it. Having the most miserable pre-game experience fighting for our lives just to get to our seats had even more to do with it. Watching live as we completely dominated every phase of the game against an overhyped team that many were presumptively calling the GOAT sealed the deal. No matter what the future brings, I’m very grateful I got to witness that. Time to go crank up the DVR….

But while I do remember ‘78 and ’79 I was just a small lad who blindly cheered for the team in Crimson. I didn’t have the ‘awakening’ until ‘80 where I promptly was dealt a crushing blow to my childhood team’s legacy, firmly believing that no one could defeat those men who seemed to have tall shadows in my mind. I was as lost in the wilderness as my beloved Crimson Tide for many years.

Then something funny happened going into my first (failing by party) foray into UAB; a man was chosen from the blood of the Greatest Coach, and slowly those shadows stated to grow once again. Sure, it was hard at times to watch Louisville just pick apart the ‘quarter’ defense that was on the field that day, but it was the foundation. Soon those Crimson shadows loomed large over the nation, and I remember only one media person had the vision of gods; the vision to see this was the greatest team in the land.

Of course what happened over 1992 will forever be held in high esteem; lunch-pails in hand, strapping in for a days work, and leaving it out on the field. Then the first ever championship game for any conference, and even as Florida looked to go for a game-leading score there was no doubt. You know you didn’t doubt it either.

Oh, and Miami. I love the U something fierce just because of their bravado, but that was kerosene to the fire of fate. They talked. The media talked. And for sixty minutes on a January night the Crimson Tide football team finally spoke, bellowed a cry that proclaimed that Alabama had emerged from the wilderness and once again laid claim to what was rightfully her’s.

What? Second wilderness wondering? What are you talking about? I found booze that same year. I don’t remember anything from 1995-2006

Oh, those shadows this past year’s defense… I dare say the tallest of all time.

and a big football fan, but the one I truly remember first is the 1973 one . . . yes I’m THAT old. I had a Johnny Musso poster on my wall when I was 16. :) I loved the championships of the late 70’s because I really paid more attention then and knew some players. Until this year my favorite one was 92 just because we waited so long for it and Coach Stallings was awesome. I loved the 09 team, but I think this last one was special because there was so, so much to overcome to get there and there were so many doubters. Also, I LOVE defense.

He was 5 when we won the first one. But he’s a Notre Dame fan. I have a resentment against my dad because I remember him yelling “Go, go” when Notre Dame ran a kickoff back for a score in the second period on New Years Eve in 1973. I was 12 and my dad lost some luster in my eyes. Sad but true.

Been alive for 9 but only remember 6. What a wonderful feeling to say I’ve seen 6 teams win it and that’s not even half of them.

Hate that the ’66 and ’77 teams got jipped. The ’71 and ’74 teams lost the bowl games that would given us two more.

Wasn’t a Bama fan then. Grew up in FLA so was a Nole. I was more worried about Charlie Ward, beating Spurrier, and the cheatin’ Canes. So I saw the last half of Bama over Miami in ‘93 Sugar, and was stunned. And we smoked vicotry cigars. I was 20. I think I just missed Bryants’ last 2. My first college watching memeory was Hershel in the Sugar over ND, and the Super Bowl that year. Started as a student at Bama in Spring of ‘94, so it felt like the NC of ’92 just happened. Our parking hanger had 1992 National Champions in gold on it. Im sure you gusy recall. 2009 was we were stacked and back, finally. And 2011 to me, was like we are good, how good?, we’re out and somehow got back in it and won it. 2011 is special.

…’cause somehow I forgot that I got to see our consecutive titles from 2012-2024!

/passesoutfromsixteenthgallonofkoolaid