Print columnists and columnist bloggers have written much about Alabama entering the 2010 season with a chance to post its:

• second-consecutive SEC Championship;
• second-consecutive National Championship;
• third-consecutive unblemished (undefeated AND untied) regular season; and
• second-consecutive unblemished (undefeated AND untied) full season.

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This Is Part of a Series Exploring a Small Closet of Alabama Football History.  This Section Deals with Consecutive Unblemished (Undefeated AND Untied) Full Seasons.  We’ve Also Examined Consecutive SEC Championships, Consecutive National Championships, and Consecutive Undefeated Full Seasons.
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Much has been written about the Alabama entering the 2010 season with a chance to post its second-consecutive undefeated (and untied) full season.

By the numbers, here’s how ‘Bama has done in the past when attempting to achieve this titanic feat:

Alabama Attempting Its SECOND-CONSECUTIVE UNBLEMISHED* FULL SEASON**, Historically:

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This Is Part of a Series Exploring a Small Closet of Alabama Football History.  This Section Deals with Consecutive Unblemished (Undefeated AND Untied) Regular Seasons.  We’ve Also Examined Consecutive SEC Championships, Consecutive National Championships, and Consecutive Unblemished (Undefeated AND Untied) Full Seasons.
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Much has been written about the Alabama entering the 2010 season with a chance to post its third-consecutive undefeated (and untied) regular season.

By the numbers, here’s how ‘Bama has done in the past when attempting to achieve this titanic feat:

Alabama Attempting Its THIRD-CONSECUTIVE UNBLEMISHED* REGULAR SEASON**, Historically:

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This Is Part of a Series Exploring a Small Closet of Alabama Football History.  This Section Deals with Consecutive National Championships.  We’ve Also Examined Consecutive SEC Championships, Consecutive Unblemished (Undefeated AND Untied) Regular Seasons, and Consecutive Unblemished (Undefeated AND Untied) Full Seasons.
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Much has been written about the Alabama entering the 2010 season with a chance to post its second-consecutive National Championship.

By the numbers, here’s how ‘Bama has done in the past when attempting to achieve this titanic feat:

Alabama Attempting Its SECOND-CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP*, Historically:

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This Is Part of a Series Exploring a Small Closet of Alabama Football History.  This Section Deals with Consecutive SEC Championships.  We’ve Also Examined Consecutive National Championships, Consecutive Unblemished (Undefeated AND Untied) Regular Seasons, and Consecutive Unblemished (Undefeated AND Untied) Full Seasons.
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Much has been written about the Alabama entering the 2010 season with a chance to post its second-consecutive SEC Championship.

By the numbers, here’s how ‘Bama has done in the past when attempting to achieve this titanic feat:

Alabama Attempting Its SECOND-CONSECUTIVE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP*, Historically:

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Vols fans were duped by BB

It was March 16, 2009, a day I hammered  the “Refresh” button like a carpenter on crack, waiting, anticipating the impending decision of Bryce Brown. The No. 1 player in the nation according to Rivals.com was going to pick where he would supposedly spend the next four years of his life. A Tennessee hat was on that table, and we needed another top running back in the stable.

I’ll never forget Brown — the talented but tainted running back from Wichita, Kansas — putting on that orange cap, donning the Power T. It was recruiting glory in all its raw euphoria. It was calling my buddies and WOOOOO!ing like some fools do when they sing Rocky Top. It was puffing out our chest and putting in the rear view the frustrating past few years. It was smack-talking with everybody who dared say anything about Lane Kiffin that the man was doing work. It was a sign, that day at least, that the Big Orange was back.

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Gary Russell’s multiple stories makes me wonder just who we can trust?

How many of you Vols fans out there are ready for this newest nightmare to be over?

Yes, I know every one of you raised your hands in unison. Me too. But patience is a virtue, and we absolutely have to practice that in this situation. Here’s why: The Tennessee bar brawl story has so many twists and turns, so much finger-pointing and so many players who may/may not be involved that, at this point, we should all really just sit back and wait until the investigation is completed before we rush to judgment.

I know that’s not easy.

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3SiB takes a look at some of June’s headline’s…

a decade ago…

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“Shares for SEC Schools Reach Record High”

(Spartanburg, S.C.) Herald-Journal – Sat., Jun. 3, 2000

“SEC to Distribute Record [$73.2] Million”

The Gadsden Times — Sat., Jun. 3, 2000

The $6.1  million or so the Southeastern Conference dished out to each of its member institutions ten years ago is chump change compared to the shares SEC schools will receive this year.  Commissioner Mike Slive announced at the beginning of the month that the league would distribute about $209 million of revenue to its 12 universities (around $17.4 million per school) for the current fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31.

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Re-watch the speech… still gets to ya.  Man, this was great, wasn’t it?

Mark Ingram Wins Heisman Trophy and Speech