Americans shop Amazon. Athletic directors shop Alabama.
Tuscaloosa has become the first stop on the college football coaching search.
Case in point, Steve Sarkisian, who directs the Crimson Tide offense Monday night in the Big Bowl against Ohio State. Then it’s off to Austin for Sarkisian, who becomes Public Enemy No. 1 north of the Red River and in various locales south.
The Texas football coach always is a Sooner villain, not that any Alabama offensive coordinator is beloved anywhere between Marietta and Medford.
The title game gives the entire Big 12 a sneak peak at the latest Great Burnt Orange Hope, a club that no longer can fit in a Civic.