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The season lasts five months, and then hundreds of players and storylines are immediately replaced with new ones. As a result, things that happened just a few years ago feel like ancient history.
In that vein, we took a look back at the Alabama players who starred on the Tide's title-winning teams in 2009 and 2011.
These guys are still in their mid-20s, but their names are already coated in nostalgia. Most are in the NFL, but they haven't found the resounding success some thought they would.