Alabama vs LSU for the National Title coming up, I still remember the last 20 years. This is a reprint from USA Today.
Tide football program suffers decade of decline - May 5, 2005
November 1992 — Gene Jelks tells a newspaper he got a $2,100 "signing bonus" when he committed to Alabama in 1985 and received money from coaches and boosters during his playing career, which ended with the 1989 season.
Jan. 1, 1993 — Alabama beats Miami (Fla.) 34-13 in the Sugar Bowl for the national championship, the school's 12th and most recent.
January 1993 — The morning after the Sugar Bowl, All-America defensive back Antonio Langham signs a napkin at a party that sports agent Darryl Dennis later says is a representation contract. Langham plays in all of the regular-season games in 1993 before being declared ineligible. The NCAA denies an appeal.
Aug. 2, 1995 — For violations tied to Jelks and Langham, the NCAA puts the program on three years' probation, bans it from a bowl for a year, cuts nearly half its scholarships over two years and says it must forfeit eight wins and a tie in which Langham played in 1993.
November 1995 — On appeal, Alabama gets some scholarships back and its probation cut to two years.
November 1996 — Head coach Gene Stallings resigns, effective at the end of season.
December 1996 - Mike DuBose is named Stallings' successor.
Aug. 4, 1999 — DuBose tearfully confesses to an affair in the wake of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against the university by his secretary. He is allowed to remain by athletics director Bob Bockrath over the objections of several trustees.
Sept. 21, 1999 — Bockrath is fired after the football team's first loss of the season, to Louisiana Tech.
Nov. 23, 1999 — After a search in which two of the three candidates withdraw, the school hires Mal Moore to replace Bockrath.
Nov. 1, 2000 — DuBose is fired in the wake of a losing stretch on the field and rampant questions involving NCAA investigations into alleged improper recruiting.
Nov. 18, 2000 — Alabama completes a 3-8 season with a 9-0 loss to archrival Auburn; it is the Crimson Tide's worst season since 1957.
Dec. 4, 2000 -TCU's Dennis Franchione is hired as head coach after several high-profile candidates withdraw from consideration.
Feb. 1, 2002 - The NCAA hits the program with five years' probation, a two-year postseason ban and a reduction of 21 scholarships in a three-year period.
Sept. 18, 2002 — The NCAA denies Alabama's appeal.
Dec. 5, 2002 — Franchione is named coach at Texas A&M, ending two weeks of speculation concerning his future.
Dec. 18, 2002 — Washington State's Mike Price is hired as coach after a couple of high-profile candidates withdraw from consideration. He is offered a seven-year, $10 million contract but never signs it.
Dec. 21, 2002 — Former recruiting coordinator Ronnie Cottrell files a $60 million civil suit in Montgomery, Ala., against the NCAA and others, accusing them of defamation of character.
April 25, 2003 - Rumors surface about Price's conduct April 16, the day before he was to play in a pro-am golf tournament in Pensacola, Fla.
May 3, 2003 — Alabama President Robert Witt announces Price has been fired.
Sources: Montgomery Advertiser, USA TODAY research
