What a depressing 72 hours it has been for Alabama football. From every corner of the college football world has come a deluge, devaluing the Alabama Crimson Tide. Some high-profile, sports pundits even focused on claims Nick Saban can no longer cut it as a championship coach.
Much of the anti-Bama coverage is driven by opportunity-seeking. There is a big national audience who have long salivated at any hint of the demise of Alabama football and Nick Saban. Sound bites and tweets are fertile pathways for dime-a-dozen ideas. So be it.
For those not interested in slogging through a swamp of sensationalized opinion, old-school thinking works.