I get where you're coming from, big dog, but he can't be the measuring stick of success. Almost nobody beats that asshole.
We had a chance, and I'm pissed at Gus for fucking it up, but that can't be the metric.
For me, it has nothing to do with being the measuring stick. Alabama football has simply leached the joy out of the sport for me. They lie, they cheat, they steal, they prosper. There's nothing fun about pre-ordained results. Nothing fun about referees that do little things to make sure they stay on track. Nothing fun about them losing (which they rarely do) but not taking a hit in the polls and STILL being in play for the title. Nothing fun about the conversation that even if they lose their last two games, they'd still make the playoff. Nothing fun about Saban being a bristly asshole and intimidating the media.
Part of the fun of college football is that anything can happen on any given week. It happens at Ohio State where Penn State can pull an upset. It happens at Michigan, LSU, Clemson, and every other college in the country. The rationale is that they are kids and kids are going to have off days, have emotional lapses, or whatever. Not in Shitscaloosa, though.
It's not fun. I don't enjoy it. It bleeds into everything else. I'm sick of seeing them, sick of hearing about them, sick of them being part of the conversation in every fucking game I try to watch. Even if it's Eastern South Michigan playing Cuddlefish State, somehow the chowderhead announcers will work a Saban or Alabama reference into their commentary. Over the last few years I've gradually just quit watching. I don't even watch our games any longer. For the second straight year I did something else rather than watching the Iron Bowl. I just don't care. It wasn't worth it.
It's not fun any more and neither is the arms race of trying to keep up with those assholes where decent men/coaches like Les Miles get canned in favor of a yowling chest thumper like Orgeron, where Tom Herman has a decent season or two and snags a $6 million salary from Texas. It's just not fun.