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Writers from around SB Nation suggest books College Football fans should pick up to read during the long off season.

On November 1, 1980 one of the greatest dynasties in college football history came to a close when Miss State beat back-to-back National Champion Alabama. The demise of Bear Bryant's 1970s dynasty may hold lessons for the current Crimson Tide team.

Pretty much no one has pulled off a switch between the pro-style and the spread in Year 1. Sumlin not only did it, but he did it while doing something he'd never done before.

Mark Richt's twelfth season as the Georgia head coach saw the Bulldogs fall just five yards short of an SEC title and a probable national championship. How does the Red and Black skipper compare to Wally Butts and Vince Dooley at the same point?

Fifty years ago Alabama was rocked by some of the most violent episodes of the civil rights movement. The impact of those events forever marked the state and Crimson Tide football.

Nothing lasts forever. Alabama's dynasty will fall. What might cause it?

Though this college football season will produce neither a conference nor a national championship for Georgia, it remains one of the best uncrowned seasons in school history. In that regard, the 2012 Bulldogs resemble the 1945 Georgia squad.

In 1974 Alabama had an opportunity to capture the prize that eluded them the season prior -- the consensus national championship. But, once again, the primary obstacle standing between The Crimson Tide and that lofty goal was Notre Dame.

The Crimson Tide and Fighting Irish first met in the 1973 Sugar Bowl in a game with everything on the line. Sportswriters called it "The Second Battle of New Orleans" and it earned the billing.

The Georgia Bulldogs suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide in an SEC Championship Game settled on the final play, as Mark Richt's football team fell five yards short of the BCS Championship Game.