Dominating the No. 1 Spot
Monday, October 19, 2009
If you think Coach Nick Saban is going to stop and enjoy the recent success by the Crimson tide, then you are dead wrong. Yeah we're 7-0 and working on back to back undefeated regular seasons but we are far from a finish product. When asked about his inability to enjoy the moment he said, “Probably to a fault, what happens to you when you’re like that is that you don’t enjoy what you accomplish because you live in a constant state of anxiety with small moments of relief,” Saban said. "And that's something that just doesn't change." And his anxiety won't calm down until he turns Alabama into a consistent dominant team.
This is the second straight season in which the Crimson Tide has reached the No. 1 ranking in the AP poll. When was the last time, the Tide accomplished this feat in consecutive seasons? The last time was 1978, 1979, 1980. In fact, since 1980 and before Coach Saban, the Tide had only reached the No. 1 ranking once, after they beat Miami in the 1992 Sugar Bowl. Fast forwarding to the present and to this upcoming game with Tennessee on Saturday, and this will be the fifth team that the Tide has played as the No. 1 team under Nick Saban. Impressive? or is it becoming routine?
The Watch at SI.com names a Halfway Heisman winner each year for the past four years with 2009 being the fourth year of the practice. They have been successful at naming two of the past three winners of the coveted trophy. Last year they erroneously chose Colt McCoy as the winner. Therefore, this year they have chosen Mark Ingram as their Halfway Heisman winner. His 68 yard drive and touchdown run in the last seven minutes of last Saturday's victory vaulted him to the forefront of the Heisman race.
Watch Nick Saban's new conference below from the game last Saturday. RTR
This is the second straight season in which the Crimson Tide has reached the No. 1 ranking in the AP poll. When was the last time, the Tide accomplished this feat in consecutive seasons? The last time was 1978, 1979, 1980. In fact, since 1980 and before Coach Saban, the Tide had only reached the No. 1 ranking once, after they beat Miami in the 1992 Sugar Bowl. Fast forwarding to the present and to this upcoming game with Tennessee on Saturday, and this will be the fifth team that the Tide has played as the No. 1 team under Nick Saban. Impressive? or is it becoming routine?
The Watch at SI.com names a Halfway Heisman winner each year for the past four years with 2009 being the fourth year of the practice. They have been successful at naming two of the past three winners of the coveted trophy. Last year they erroneously chose Colt McCoy as the winner. Therefore, this year they have chosen Mark Ingram as their Halfway Heisman winner. His 68 yard drive and touchdown run in the last seven minutes of last Saturday's victory vaulted him to the forefront of the Heisman race.
Watch Nick Saban's new conference below from the game last Saturday. RTR
