Alabama football fans remember the low points of the Dubose, Franchione and Shula seasons. Mike Dubose teams lost to Central Florida and twice to Louisana Tech. The Tide lost to Northern Illinois in Tuscaloosa and to Hawaii in the Mike Shula years.
Gene Stallings had the chance of building an Alabama football dynasty in the 1990s. He didn’t because the University of Alabama administration decided to dial down the power of the football program. Chafing under the constraints of a complicit athletic director, Stallings walked away with dignity.
The 2006 season did not include any quality wins among the six victories.