National champion Alabama plans to ‘keep rolling’ onto ‘next year’

“Look, I felt pretty good about our chances of getting the onside kick because Griff kicks it well”, Saban said. “I trusted them, that they would go out and execute it and do it”.

“But sometimes that’s not the best thing for them to do at that particular time”, he said. And Nick Saban will find a QB. He built this program around the basis of a strong, impenetrable defense.

I’m sure he managed to ultimately get home just fine, but one’s gotta think that being abandoned and left to fend for yourself would take some air out of the high.

Watson went on to say he approached Alabama’s Derrick Henry, the Heisman Trophy victor, about working out together over the summer, to see what else he could learn about greatness. Did that game whet your appetite for the 2016 season opener against Alabama in Arlington, Texas? Prior to the championship game, Alabama had a record of 13-1, and Clemson was undefeated with a record of 14-0. It’s great for the state of Alabama. Even though this did not lead to a touchdown, it did lead Alabama deep into the Tigers’ territory.

There is no program in college football like Alabama and there may never be another. After all, it was the 5th National Championship he earned as a college football head coach since 2003, and that includes two years where he was an NFL head coach, according to the league’s website.

Alabama may have won its fourth national championship in seven seasons, but for the students in Tuscaloosa the party never gets old.

The Tide’s mantra all year was simple: finish. He said that while he knows that college football is entertainment and that winning games is important.

They’ll be back, too. The exact number will be clearer later this week after those who received draft grades meet with Saban. And Saban, the quintessential CEO coach, showed he had a little riverboat gambler in him. “But just to put this in perspective, and these guys will kick me for saying this, but if this was the first game of the season instead of last, what would we be talking about now?”

– This is the fifth time Alabama has won a national title without being ranked No. 1 during the regular season.

This is the Tide’s 11th National Title in the poll era and that’s more than any school. He served as a defensive backs coach with Houston in 1988 and 1989, was the defensive coordinator under Bill Belichick in Cleveland from 1991-1994, and was Miami’s head coach in 2006 and 2007. You do that by changing the people, and only two members of the previous coaching staff were retained, and there are numerous new support staff members who will be moving to Athens.

Alabama called for a play-action rollout to Coker’s right. Blake Barnett and Cooper Bateman will likely compete for the starting job.

The Tide hit Clemson early with Henry, who scored the game’s first touchdown on a 50-yard burst through the middle.