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Four Degrees of Playoff Fame: the Larry Culpepper/Nick Saban Connection

Ahh, mid-January. the College Football Playoff championship is a week old and we've had ample time to sift through all the implications and meanings associated with Clemson's shiny new trophy. There are also questions about the losers. Was that pick play illegal? Is Nick Saban alright? Why has no one seen him or Larry Culpepper in the past week? Do they have some secret bond they've shared this whole time, binding them together in both victory and ruin? Let's examine:

FACT 1: Larry Culpepper is portrayed by veteran actor James M. Conner. Conner was in the 2002 existentialist Jack Nicholson vehicle About Schmidt, portraying the best man of buddy Dermot Mulroney.