Tide target 6th title with Saban
Keeping an eye on the world of sports during the pandemic:
Trying to figure out which of Nick Saba n’ s Alabama teams is best is akin to picking Michelangelo’s greatest work of art or Ernest Hemingway’s best novel.
They’re all excellent in their ownway.
The first to win a national championship came in 2009 and is still the only Alabama team to finish unbeaten under Saban in 14 seasons of unprecedented dominance.
The 2011 national champions had maybe the greatest defense of college football’s modern era of high- powered offenses. The current Crimson Tide team has one of the most prolific and talented offense sin the history of the sport.
“Every team is different. Every team has its own personality ,” Saban said Sunday .“But it’s hard to compare teams.”
TheNo. 1 Tide ( 12- 0) are set to faceNo. 3OhioState ( 7- 0) on Monday for the College Football Playoff championship in search of their sixth national title with Saban as coach.
The final game of this taxing and strange season played through the coronavirus pandemic is on schedule to take place atHard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, as planned. Becauseof COVID- 19, which caused the postponement or cancelation of nearly 130 games, nothing has been guaranteed this season.
The Buckeyes faced the prospect ofnofall football at all when the Big Ten postponed in August, and then they managed to get in only six games before making the playoff. Day acknowledged last week that Ohio State was dealing with somenewCOVID- 19 cases.
There was even some concern that the game might have to be pushed back.
Alabama had only one game postponed this season. Saban tested positive for the virus — twice. The first time it was deemed a false positive and he was able to coach against Georgia. The second he had to miss the Iron Bowl againstAuburn.
Otherwise the Tide dynasty has rolled along as close to business as usual as possible considering the circumstances.