Did Texas Just End Alabama's Dynasty?

The Texas Longhorns may have put the metaphorical nail in Alabama's coffin on Saturday night.

The Texas Longhorns went into Bryant-Denney and accomplished something only one other non-conference has done since Nick Saban took over in Tuscaloosa - beat the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Sure, to most it may seem like it was always just a matter of time before the Tide finally dropped one at home. While to others, it looks like just a blemish on the otherwise stellar record of Saban.

According to former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy, however, the Texas win may have signaled the end of the Crimson Tide's 'dynasty'.

"It depends a little bit on how you define a dynasty," McElroy said. "I always define a dynasty with complete dominance over the competition almost always, and I think that those days have definitely gone by the wayside."

McElroy, who was the quarterback for the Tide when they took down Texas in the 2009 national title game, should be intimately familiar with the program's status. 

After all, he was in at the ground level for what Nick Saban built. 

With that said, McElroy does admit that the days of Alabama being a championship contender are far from over. 

“To say that the dynasty is over, yeah, I think the run of dominance in which they destroy every opponent is done. But it doesn’t mean that I don’t think they can’t win a championship. I still think they can.”

As for 2023, there is still plenty of football remaining, and Alabama's season is far from in the gutter.

But for now, Longhorns fans should take pride in the fact that what their team accomplished, has sent palpable shockwaves through the college football world.