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Nick Saban (ex-HC Alabama Crimson Tide)

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Nick Saban advocates for Alabama's inclusion in College Football Playof

Nick Saban wasn't sure who had won or lost around the country after Alabama's 49-27 rout of Auburn on Saturday, but he is sure that his team at least deserves consideration for one of the four sports in the College Football Playoff.

The Crimson Tide, who've been to every CFP but one since its inception in 2014, would be the first two-loss team to make the playoff and would clearly need help to get there.

"I don't make those decisions, but I know what a resilient football team this has been," Saban told ESPN. "We've lost two games to top-10 opponents, both on the last play of the game and both on the road. We could have easily won both games but didn't. We're a good football team and hopefully people will recognize that and we'll get a chance."
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Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said Saturday after Ohio State's loss to Michigan that "without a doubt" the Buckeyes deserve a spot in the playoff. Saban, asked if he would lobby for Alabama, said, "Look, if I think it will help our team, I'll certainly do that. I haven't really thought about it to this point. So, you know, my whole focus was to win this game. That's the best opportunity we had for anything good to happen for us."
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Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...es-alabama-inclusion-college-football-playoff
 
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Nick Saban advocates for Alabama's inclusion in College Football Playof

Nick Saban wasn't sure who had won or lost around the country after Alabama's 49-27 rout of Auburn on Saturday, but he is sure that his team at least deserves consideration for one of the four sports in the College Football Playoff.

The Crimson Tide, who've been to every CFP but one since its inception in 2014, would be the first two-loss team to make the playoff and would clearly need help to get there.

"I don't make those decisions, but I know what a resilient football team this has been," Saban told ESPN. "We've lost two games to top-10 opponents, both on the last play of the game and both on the road. We could have easily won both games but didn't. We're a good football team and hopefully people will recognize that and we'll get a chance."
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Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said Saturday after Ohio State's loss to Michigan that "without a doubt" the Buckeyes deserve a spot in the playoff. Saban, asked if he would lobby for Alabama, said, "Look, if I think it will help our team, I'll certainly do that. I haven't really thought about it to this point. So, you know, my whole focus was to win this game. That's the best opportunity we had for anything good to happen for us."
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Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...es-alabama-inclusion-college-football-playoff
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LSU is not a top 10 team bite me Saban
 
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Alabama football recruiting: Nick Saban turned down 2023 prospect's massive NIL request, per report​


Nick Saban and Alabama have signed another top-ranked recruiting class for the 2023 cycle, according to 247Sports, and NIL — along with its effect on the talent acquisition — continues to be an oft-criticized topic surrounding the nation's elite programs. Saban is not interested in enhancing Alabama's recruiting hauls through heightened NIL deals, however, after reportedly telling coaches at the Alabama Football Coaches Association Convention this past Friday in Montgomery, Alabama, that he turned down two recruits' request for lucrative NFL opportunities in this class.

“Someone with one of the best corners in the nation came to me and asked if we’d pay them $800,000 for the player to sign here," Saban said, according to Mobile (Ala.) Baker coach Steve Normand, who attended the event, via Fox. "I told him he can find another place to play. "I’m not paying a kid a bunch of NIL money before he earns it."

Fox later reached out to several coaches and other attendees to confirm Saban's takes on NIL. He mentioned the transfer portal's effect on Alabama's program as well, according to ALFCA president Terry Curtis, who said Saban relayed that one player "wanted $500,000 and for us to get his girlfriend into law school at Alabama and pay for it. I showed him the door," via Fox.
 
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One year later: Who Alabama's Nick Saban was really talking to when he called out Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M

When Saban said A&M and Fisher "bought every player," that was his rallying cry to Alabama and its boosters to fund NIL or get left behind.
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Who Nick Saban was really talking to when he called out Jimbo Fisher​

If you want to understand why Saban said what he did last May, start there. Sources close to the program say it was never about Texas A&M or Jimbo Fisher. It was all about Alabama.

It was about the people in the room that night -- at an event in Birmingham promoting the World Games of all things. Media access was supposed to be limited for a "fireside chat" featuring Saban and Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats. Neither coach took questions from reporters. Cameras should have been shut off by the time Saban launched into a 7-minute diatribe on NIL.

Only no one enforced the rules and everyone got to hear Saban's unvarnished talking points, which he'd only shared privately before.

"It was a challenge to those that were in the crowd that night, mostly consisting of deep-pocketed Bama boosters in what was a relatively intimate event," said former Tide QB Greg McElroy. "It was a shot in the arm like, 'Hey, man. I know you've really enjoyed the championships that we've brought home in the last 12-13 years. And if you want us to continue to compete, you better get the checkbook out.'"

For the longest time, those same boosters had poured money into the athletic department. But now that wasn't enough. To stay at the top, Saban needed them to embrace NIL and start spending.

"That was Coach's call to action," McElroy said. "He's saying, 'Guess what? The world is changing, and we better get ready.'"
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FANS WHO CAME to Tuscaloosa for the spring A-Day scrimmage last month were able to visit The Authentic. Located inside of Bryant-Denny Stadium, the shop is a first-of-its kind partnership with Fanatics where people can purchase player-branded NIL merchandise.

To the left of the main register is an assortment of player-specific items. A crimson short-sleeve shirt with the last name and number for cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry, safety Malachi Moore, outside linebacker Dallas Turner and others. A few yards away a framed photo of wideout Ja'Corey Brooks sells for $199.

A portion of sales goes to the players.

None of this existed a year ago. The Authentic wasn't announced until July. It didn't open until Oct. 8 -- which just so happened to be the day Alabama hosted Texas A&M in football.

High Tide Traditions was Alabama's primary collective when Saban and Fisher got into it last year. It was barely a month old, trying to raise awareness and money. As one source described the situation: "Everyone was scrambling."

The school's NIL offerings were lagging behind other top programs in the country because of the athletic department's cautious approach to future legislation and sustainability, as well as boosters' contentedness with the status quo.

"The Tennessees, the USCs, the A&Ms, the Texases, the Miamis, they're desperate fan bases that are willing to throw their money away at [NIL]," a source familiar with Alabama's NIL fundraising said. "If all of the sudden they won six national championships, I guarantee you those donors would tell them, 'Find someone else.'"
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Just sayin': Interesting article.
 
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I feel like we all kind of knew that speech was for his own people. It was clearly a call to arms that other teams are murdering us on the recruiting trail due to NIL and we better get on board or we will no longer be winning any Natty's. To be clear, Saban cares very little about what other programs do or don't do. He is all about competing and winning. What you do with your team is your business. He has proven very clearly that he is not worried about the greater good. He is consumed about his own team winning. And pushing the limits of the rules as hard as possible. And he assumes you are doing the same. That is why he does not concern himself with the other teams stuff.
This next season will be interesting. Bama, Georgia, and tOSU all breaking in new starting QBs seems to leave the door open for a USC or some other program to have a year and catch all 3 slightly down.
 
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