Originally posted on 11/26/2011:

in most cases you can look at the alumni donors of a school and figure out who's gonna win

bammer backers werent going to put up with losing so the $$ came pouring in to make saban happen

coaches make the difference and the schools that have the scratch to get the best coaches generally will

that's why most power schools slide a little and then come back....and others like a BC will just be a flash in the pan here and there