Alabama football fans might need some fall camp drills just like the team. We all unrealistically define every season’s success on championships. So much so that the appreciation of SEC championships has waned in recent years. It is almost as if the 24-hour rule for savoring a win has turned into a 24-second rule for post-season wins not ending in a national championship.
As Nick Saban has often stated, there is no continuum of success. For Alabama football, there is a continuum of expectations. Those expectations have driven the program all the way back to Wallace Wade. Frank Thomas, Paul Bryant, Gene Stallings and Nick Saban have embraced those expectations.