... two years removed from the departure of a coach who was viewed as successful by many fans. This coach's last game as the Head Hog was a loss to a neighboring state school in the Cotton Bowl.

This coach was under fire by a large faction of Razorback fans for not winning the "big one" and having a boring offense.

Alabama was coming off of an 11-1 season with a Bowl appearance against an opponent from the western United States after a seven win season in the coach's first year.

Led by a third year coach who had been a head coach in the NFL, no matter how impressively the Crimson Tide won that season, the Tide was overshadowed in the polls by the defending national champions.

The Alabama quarterback was considered a "game ma...

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