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Jumbo Package: Is Nick Saban now college football’s hero rather than its villain?

Happy Monday, everyone. Hey, it’s week four of the season and Alabama stands undefeated. That’s good, right?

We will open with David Hale at ESPN, who makes an interesting comment in his weekend wrapup.

We’re trained to root for the hero in stories because we all want to believe we’re the good guy, too. But if we’re being honest, the villains make a story fun. Superman has the powers, but Lex Luthor has the personality.

And so it is with Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin, the stoic hero (Saban) pitted against his former protégé turned diabolical usurper (Kiffin).