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Originally Posted by OregonBuckeye

Never thought I'd hear Alabama football referred to as a sleeping giant.

Originally Posted by NFBuck

Well, you have a program with great tradition, resources and a large fanbase that has been pretty much dormant for over a decade (Good, not great, season here and there). Pretty similar to USC prior to Petey's arrival in LA. Hence, "sleeping giant". Don't kid yourself, Saban is a great college coach and has the ability to make the Tide competitive pretty quick.

My read on that was that it's the "sleeping" part he finds surreal, not the "giant" part.