The race between Alabama and Texas A&M on the college football recruiting trail over the last week was about as good -- and close -- as the program's game in October.
At the conclusion of the first day of the Early Signing Period on Wednesday, a.k.a. National Signing Day, Nick Saban had a narrow edge over Jimbo Fisher's class despite a red-hot close. But since that day, with the signing period open through Friday evening, it was Fisher who would duplicate the win over Saban on the trail much like that memorable night in College Station.