HOOVER, Ala. -- For as mundane and, frankly, flat as this year's edition of SEC media days were, Alabama head coach Nick Saban served up a comment that when looked at in the right context should serve as an elephant-sized gut punch to the league.
In a moment in which some thought the 65-year-old Saban had either lost his marbles or was hinting at a future in bad stand-up comedy, Saban offered this compliment to the rest of the SEC.
"I have a tremendous amount of respect for a lot of teams in our league," Saban said.