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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Every team – ultimately successful or disappointing – begins the year with “a lot of new faces.” The teams that end the year the best typically view those new contributors as obstacles rather than assets.
Saban understands the annual churn as much as anybody else in college football. Ensuring the new guys are every bit as good as the highly impactful players exiting the program on a yearly basis is exactly how you reload instead of rebuild.
Given the talent that’s been coming into Ohio State ever since Day took over, putting together a group that can compete with the best of the best should be doable. But doing so with consistency is what separates those at the top of the profession.
Saban has turned Alabama into a machine, bringing in top-of-the-line talent, winning hardware and churning out upper echelon NFL talent. He turns the Crimson Tide into national title contenders annually. Day has begun to turn on what might be a machine. He’s twisting the knobs, changing the gears, testing things out. So far, so good.
This fall, Day will try to build on the success he has already experienced as he enters his third season at the helm – and first without Fields.
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