It was a moment of vulnerability, the latest in a long line of necessary and successful modifications tothe process. Standing atop the confetti-drenched turf at AT&T Stadium, after tearing himself down and building himself back up, Nick Saban showed a much different side. He let us in.
After his team flattened Michigan State like some sort of stray traffic cone in the Cotton Bowl, a rare smile commandeered the coach’s face. It hung around longer than anticipated, captured by the scoreboard’s 30 million light bulbs high above for the world to see.
He even danced—if you want to call it that—looking like a tentative T-Rex enjoying his first karaoke night.