Nick Saban is very good at winning football games. He's not very good at losing them, which is understandable because he hasn't had much practice. Until the evening of Jan. 7, 2019, until the shock and awe of Clemson 44, Alabama 16, Saban had no experience as the Crimson Tide CEO at losing a football game by four touchdowns. Zip. Zilch. Zero. It wasn't hard to understand what happened that night. It wasn't luck or a fluke. Clemson was the better football team. On the field. O

It took Steve Spurrier to say what Kirby Smart must be thinking an uncomfortable amount of the time, at least in the recesses of his mind. Leave it to the Head Ball Coach to speak truth to football power. Cutting to the chase during an SEC legends panel Tuesday, reminiscing but also summing up the last decade and change, Spurrier turned talking season up a notch with this brutal truth: "To win it all, you've got to beat the Big Red Elephant from Tuscaloosa." There it was. The

If you don't think Alabama lives in Clemson's head, despite the mind-boggling events of Jan. 7, 2019, think again. The Tigers have removed all doubt by putting their biggest fear in writing. Dabo Swinney's fat new contract, making him the highest-paid coach in college football by total volume at $93 million over 10 years, contains an Alabama clause. To be precise, it's an "Alabama enhancement" that increases his standard buyout by 50 percent if his alma mater brings him home