Nick Saban is making moves defensively to ensure that Alabama does not miss out on the College Football Playoff this season.
He is going after his seventh national championship and should he win, Saban would eclipse Paul W. “Bear” Bryant in the minds of Crimson Tide fans.
Despite it not being a clear-cut favorite to win the national title, Alabama has been in this situation once before. In 2015, the Tide entered a season where it failed to secure championship hardware in back-to-back years. After not winning a national title in 2013 and 2014, Saban and company found a way to finish the job in 2015.