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'Bama's Title Run Part of 'The Process'

It's focus. It's work ethic. It's an organization plan. It's team-building. No matter how one describes Alabama coach Nick Saban's plan -- it's officially called "The Process" but often described by players as an ongoing system or program -- it works. Heisman Trophy-winning running back Mark Ingram, part of the Crimson...

07 Issues: Passing of an Important Generation

Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles is expected to step down this week. His departure is yet another symbol of the passing of one of college football's greatest generations, the great coaches who presided over the game from 1960 or so until the mid to late 1970's. Broyles coached the Razorbacks from 1958 to 1976...

07 Issues: New Coaches Everywhere

There will be 23 new head coaches this year in college football. With 119 teams in DIA, my shaky math tells me that means nearly one in every five schools has a new head coach. I don't have numbers from previous years but that's an incredible turnover rate and will mark 2007 as a year of transition in college football.So...

Nick Saban Slurring and it Ain't From The Bottle

As reported pretty much everywhere today, audio was released of Alabama coach Nick Saban using a derogatory slur.During a meeting with Florida reporters, Saban relayed a story about a phone call from a friend on the LSU board of trustees who had an unusual encounter with a cajun-accented LSU fan (full audio here)."He was...

Slick Nick Slithers Into Tuscaloosa

Rafael Palmeiro. Bill Clinton. Nick Saban. The names are interchangeable. All publicly lied. All were caught. When Saban was introduced as coach at Alabama a few hours ago, he said all the right things. "If I knew that my heart was someplace else in what I wanted to do, I don't think it would be fair to the organization...