One stat tells you everything you need to know about Alabama’s absurd level of domination under Nick Saban.
As pointed out on Reddit by u/52hoova, the Crimson Tide have a record of 84-5 at home since 2008, and the teams that beat them were absolutely loaded. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
The five teams that defeated the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa since 2008 had a combined record of 63-6 and a total of three Heisman winners.
Since 2008, Alabama is 84-5 at home. The five teams that beat them had a combined 63-6 record, three SEC championships, three Heisman winning quarterbacks, three national coach of the year award winners, and two BCS/CFP national championships. from CFB
What might be the wildest part is that if you remove the 10-3 2015 Ole Miss squad, the remaining four teams had a record of 53-3.
These are the kind of numbers that are hard to even process.
More than anything, the fact half the teams that beat Alabama at home since 2008 needed a Heisman winner to do it is just absurd.
Literally 50% of the teams to beat Nick Saban and company at home in that time window were led by the Heisman winner.
A literal coin flip of a chance.
Johnny Manziel, Cam Newton and Joe Burrow all marched into Tuscaloosa and walked out with a win. Just a murderer’s row of talent at the quarterback position and that’s what you need if you plan on beating Nick Saban.
Tuscaloosa is where dreams go to die, unless you’re a team with the Heisman winner or a top 10 squad. Welcome to the regime of Nick Saban!