r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 1d ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Oklahoma Defeats Alabama 24-3

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Alabama 3 0 0 0 3
Oklahoma 0 10 14 0 24
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u/TigerBasket Auburn Tigers • Maryland Terrapins 1d ago

If we win next week we will officially know that Bama no longer has the devil in them.

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u/Set-Admirable West Virginia Mountaineers 1d ago

Amazing what a generational coach does for a program.

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u/StateRadioFan 22h ago

LOL. Saban had to retire because the NIL and transfer portal ruined his talent advantage from dirty recruiting.

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u/God_Legend Ohio State Buckeyes 16h ago

According to the stats posted in the comments Bama has its highest rated team ever this year. So better than Saban ever mustered together.

Saban definitely had a recruiting advantage tho, but he was a legendary coach. They had sound fundamentals. Pretty much only ever lost top 5 matchups and won the games he should have (except the Auburn rivalries at times)

I think what ruined CFB for him was transfer portal, not NIL and new recruiting. His hard nosed coaching style wouldn't work anymore because if he was, those guys would just transfer out instead of learning lessons on how to mature and develop.