Paul Feinbaum

He won six national championships, and I got there, I covered his last two years, and that was a badge that I wore, that I covered the bear, because those next 25 years were a disaster. Alabama had coaches by the name of Mike Shua, not Don Shua, but Mike Shua, and Mike Price, and Mike Dubose. It was a wasteland until Nick Saban showed up.

He won six national championships, and I got there, I covered his last two years, and that was a badge that I wore, that I covered the bear, because those next 25 years were a disaster. Alabama had coaches by the name of Mike Shua, not Don Shua, but Mike Shua, and Mike Price, and Mike Dubose. It was a wasteland until Nick Saban showed up.

So you go from 1982 to 2007, where nothing good happened, and then Saban shows up and only wins six national championships.

So you go from 1982 to 2007, where nothing good happened, and then Saban shows up and only wins six national championships.

Let me take you back to September 28th.

Let me take you back to September 28th.

Alabama beat Georgia. It was a major upset, even though the game was in Tuscaloosa. It was just one of the wildest games. Alabama got off to something like a 28-0 lead. Georgia came back. Alabama won by one touchdown.

Alabama beat Georgia. It was a major upset, even though the game was in Tuscaloosa. It was just one of the wildest games. Alabama got off to something like a 28-0 lead. Georgia came back. Alabama won by one touchdown.

I sat on the show with you and Joe Scarborough, who's an Alabama graduate, and I was joking, but I said it anyway. I said, would it be blasphemous for me to say here on Morning Joe that it looks like Kaitlin DeBoer is doing a better job coaching than Nick Saban did even a year ago?

I sat on the show with you and Joe Scarborough, who's an Alabama graduate, and I was joking, but I said it anyway. I said, would it be blasphemous for me to say here on Morning Joe that it looks like Kaitlin DeBoer is doing a better job coaching than Nick Saban did even a year ago?

Oh, come on.

Oh, come on.

What happened on that Saturday, Pablo?

What happened on that Saturday, Pablo?

It was the first time in 40 years Alabama lost to Vanderbilt, and I swear, I don't think I'll be reporting when the world comes to an end, but I was alive that night, and it felt like that had happened.

It was the first time in 40 years Alabama lost to Vanderbilt, and I swear, I don't think I'll be reporting when the world comes to an end, but I was alive that night, and it felt like that had happened.

Alabama led 24 to nothing. Here comes Cam Newton. Leads them back.

Alabama led 24 to nothing. Here comes Cam Newton. Leads them back.

And in the aftermath of it, a couple weeks later, we got a call from Al from Dadeville.

And in the aftermath of it, a couple weeks later, we got a call from Al from Dadeville.