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LOOK: Graphic shows how badly Nick Saban owns coaches on ‘Bama’s remaining schedule
By Keith Farner
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Choose virtually any category of stat, and Alabama coach Nick Saban has built a level of dominance rarely seen around college football.
That includes the current crop of coaches, especially in the SEC West, that are about to face Alabama and Saban in the coming weeks. Of course, already this week, Saban has done his best to tamp down the accolades heading the Crimson Tide’s way, and simultaneously tried to pump up opponents like Texas A&M this week. Only two coaches remaining on Alabama’s schedule even have one win against Saban.
“This is by far, I think, the strongest team that we’ve played to this point all the way around,” he said of A&M, according to AL.com.
Of course, many wondered about the season-opening opponent Florida State, which was ranked No. 3 at the time of the game.
“Texas A&M is the strongest team that we’ve played to this point looking at them from a holistic standpoint.,” he said. “They’re a very explosive offensive team. They run the ball very effectively. They’ve got really good running backs. Christian Kirk is maybe the most explosive player — returner, receiver, runner — of anybody in our league. Offensively, tough to run against. They create a lot of negative plays. They’ve got good pass rushers. [Defensive coordinator] John Chavis always does a good job of playing very aggressive, physical football. Because of Christian Kirk being a fantastic returner, these guys are very dangerous on special teams.”
Given that rundown, Kevin Sumlin gets the first crack at improving his record against Saban and Alabama.
Nick Saban is 25-2 vs. the next 6 SEC coaches on Alabama's schedule #CFB pic.twitter.com/Tv6XHq1hYR
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) October 3, 2017
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
