The stadium might be named in part for the The Bear, but ESPN College GameDay host Rece Davis says Nick Saban’s tenure is Alabama’s most dominant era of all time.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen this era of dominance that Alabama has had,” Davis told AL.com’s Rainer Sabin.

“I’ve said this a lot of times — I know with some of the older guard Alabama, it’s not particularly popular — but this is the greatest era of Alabama football ever.”

As Sabin points out, there’s more to Davis’ take than that of an ESPN analyst. Davis graduated from Alabama in 1988.

The Muscle Shoals, Ala. native also told Sabin that he has fond memories of the Crimson Tide’s 1973 season.

Davis is in Tuscaloosa with the rest of the College GameDay crew, and made an appearance at Friday’s night basketball tipoff event.