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If you ask history, the Tide will have its revenge against the Rebels on Saturday.
Under Nick Saban, Alabama has played 10 games against opponents that beat them in the previous matchup. The Tide are 9-1 in those games. The only loss came to LSU in 2011, but Bama would get payback that same season by crushing the Tigers in the national title game, 21-0.
As a whole, the Tide has gotten its retribution in resounding fashion, winning those games by an average margin of 16.1 points per game. Only two of the nine wins were decided by fewer than double digits.
ALABAMA PAYBACK GAMES UNDER SABAN
2007 vs Georgia
Next game: No. 8 Alabama def. No. 3 Georgia, 41-30 in 2008
2007 vs LSU
Next game: No. 1 Alabama def. No. 15 LSU, 27-21 in OT in 2008
2007 at Mississippi State
Next game: No. 1 Alabama def. Mississippi State, 32-7 in 2008
2007 at Auburn
Next game: No. 1 Alabama def. Auburn, 36-0 in 2008
2008 vs Florida (N)
Next game: No. 2 Alabama def. No. 1 Florida, 32-13 (SEC Championship) in 2009
2010 at LSU
Next game: No. 2 Alabama lost to No. 1 LSU 9-6 in OT in 2011
2010 vs Auburn
Next game: No. 2 Alabama def. Auburn 42-14 in 2011
2011 vs LSU (N)
Next game: No. 2 Alabama def. No.1 LSU 21-0 in 2011 (BCS National Championship)
2012 vs Texas A&M
Next game: No. 1 Alabama def. No. 6 Texas A&M, 49-42 in 2013
2013 at Auburn
Next game: No. 2 Alabama def. No. 15 Auburn, 55-44 in 2014
2014 at Ole Miss
Next game: No. 15 Ole Miss at No. 2 Alabama, 9:15 p.m. ET this Saturday.
Born and raised in Gainesville, Talal joined SDS in 2015 after spending 2 years in Bristol as an ESPN researcher. Previously, Talal worked at The Gainesville Sun.
