Editing (section) Alabama Crimson Tide 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Nick Saban era (2007–present)</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22broken-image%22%2C%22title%22%3A%222010_BCS_Champ.jpg%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3A2010%20BCS%20Champ.jpg%7Cthumb%7COn%20January%207%2C%202010%2C%20Alabama%20defeated%20Texas%2037%5Cu201321%20for%20the%20%5B%5B2010%20BCS%20National%20Championship%20Game%7CBCS%20National%20Championship%5D%5D.%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" class="placeholder placeholder-broken-image" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="broken-image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">On January 3, 2007, <a 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data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22his%20first%20season%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222007%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2007%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%7Chis%20first%20season%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" href="/wiki/2007_Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="2007 Alabama Crimson Tide">his first season</a>, Saban led the Crimson Tide to a 7–6 record. A promising 6–2 start gave way to ending the regular season with four straight losses including an upset loss to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Louisiana%5Cu2013Monroe%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222007%20Louisiana%5Cu2013Monroe%20Warhawks%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2007%20Louisiana%5Cu2013Monroe%20Warhawks%7CLouisiana%5Cu2013Monroe%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" class="new" title="2007 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvMjAwN19Mb3Vpc2lhbmElRTIlODAlOTNNb25yb2VfV2FyaGF3a3M/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Louisiana–Monroe</a>.<span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" 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data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" href="#cite_note-2"><span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>3<span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> The team rebounded in its final game, defeating <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Colorado%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222007%20Colorado%20Buffaloes%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2007%20Colorado%20Buffaloes%7CColorado%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" href="/wiki/2007_Colorado_Buffaloes" title="2007 Colorado Buffaloes">Colorado</a> in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Independence%20Bowl%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222007%20Independence%20Bowl%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2007%20Independence%20Bowl%7CIndependence%20Bowl%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" class="new" title="2007 Independence Bowl (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvMjAwN19JbmRlcGVuZGVuY2VfQm93bD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Independence Bowl</a>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Alabama greatly improved in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22the%20following%20season%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222008%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2008%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%7Cthe%20following%20season%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" href="/wiki/2008_Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="2008 Alabama Crimson Tide">the following season</a>, becoming the first SEC football team in history to post a 12–0 regular season record (followed by both Florida and Alabama in 2009) and climbing to its first No. 1 ranking in 16 years, before finishing with back-to-back losses in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22SEC%20Championship%20Game%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222008%20SEC%20Championship%20Game%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2008%20SEC%20Championship%20Game%7CSEC%20Championship%20Game%5D%5D%22%7D" 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data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" href="#cite_note-3"><span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>4<span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sugar%20Bowl%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222009%20Sugar%20Bowl%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2009%20Sugar%20Bowl%7CSugar%20Bowl%5D%5D%22%7D" 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data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" href="#cite_note-4"><span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>5<span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> to finish the year at 12–2. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In 2009, Nick Saban led Alabama to its second consecutive undefeated regular season (12–0), and won the SEC Championship Game with a victory over the No. 1 ranked <a 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data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222010%20BCS%20National%20Championship%20Game%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222010%20BCS%20National%20Championship%20Game%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2010%20BCS%20National%20Championship%20Game%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" href="/wiki/2010_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2010 BCS National Championship Game">2010 BCS National Championship Game</a>, finishing the season 14–0 and winning Alabama its 13th national championship.<span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" 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data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" href="#cite_note-2010-NC-USAT-6"><span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>7<span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Saban joined <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Pop%20Warner%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Glenn%20Scobey%20Warner%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGlenn%20Scobey%20Warner%7CPop%20Warner%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" class="new" title="Glenn Scobey Warner (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvR2xlbm5fU2NvYmV5X1dhcm5lcj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Pop Warner</a> as the only coach to win National Championships at two different FBS schools. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Before the 2010 season, Alabama was ranked No. 1, but losses to South Carolina, LSU, and Auburn (eventual National Champion) gave Saban's Tide a regular season record of 9–3. Alabama was invited to the Capital One Bowl where they beat Big 10 Co-Champion Michigan State 49–7 to finish with a 10–3 record. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">During the 2011 season the Tide was ranked No. 2 in the first 2011 BCS Poll behind division rival LSU. The Tide lost 9–6 in overtime to the LSU Tigers on November 5, 2011 in Tuscaloosa. Alabama finished the regular season ranked No. 2 in the BCS poll, which resulted in Alabama playing No. 1 LSU in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was Alabama's second BCS National Championship Game appearance in three years. Alabama won the game 21–0 behind one of the best defensive performances in bowl history. It was the second fewest total yardage a team had been held to, only behind the 2008 Florida Gators. It was the first time in a BCS bowl game the opponent was held scoreless. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Saban's current official record at Alabama is 50–12 (55–12 on the field, but 5 wins from the 2007 season were vacated).<span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22TextbookNCAA%5C%22%3E%7B%7Bcite%20news%20%7Ctitle%3DAlabama%27s%20penalty%20from%20%2709%20ruling%20stands%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fsports.espn.go.com%5C%2Fncf%5C%2Fnews%5C%2Fstory%3Fid%3D5021464%20%7Cagency%3DAssociated%20Press%20%7Cpublisher%3DESPN%20%7Cdate%3DMarch%2023%2C%202010%20%7Caccessdate%3DAugust%2028%2C%202011%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-TextbookNCAA_7-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-TextbookNCAA_7-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2258596-12075043695f01354f0fe13%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ2ae60d4e1d481936-nowiki-00000016-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E8%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2258596-12075043695f01354f0fe13%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ2ae60d4e1d481936-nowiki-00000017-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-TextbookNCAA-7%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-TextbookNCAA-7%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2264%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E8%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2265%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" href="#cite_note-TextbookNCAA-7"><span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>8<span data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="58596-12075043695f01354f0fe13" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bclear%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22clear%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​ <div data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true" data-rte-style="clear:both;" style="clear:both;" data-rte-attribs=" style=clear:both;"></div>​</div> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key collegefootballmania:rte-parser-cache:3502 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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