With Michigan’s victory against Washington to win the national championship earlier this week, the college football season came to an end. Football players from Michigan and Alabama squared off in the Rose Bowl College Football Semifinal one week before to that game in hopes of earning a spot in the national championship game. The Alabama Crims
Wolverines narrowly defeated the Crimson Tide in overtime in yet another thrilling edition of the bowl game with the greatest history.Wave. But at the time, we were unaware that Nick Saban, the head coach of Alabama, would be coaching his final game. The legendary college football player announced on Wednesday that he was retiring, and the Crimson Tide are now in search of a new head coach.
First of all, even though Alabama didn’t win the national title this season, this might’ve been the most impressive coaching job that Nick Saban has ever had. If you’re a fan of the Crimson Tide, you might disagree because of all the national championship seasons that Saban had in his time with the program, but what he was able to do with this group and the turnaround that the team had was extremely impressive.
When Alabama lost to Texas football by double digits at home early in the season and then had to bench quarterback Jalen Milroe the following week at USF, everyone wrote the Crimson Tide off. They simply didn’t look like a Nick Saban coached team, and they seemed destined to lose another game. They surely didn’t look like a team that could knock off the two-time defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs. However, they just kept winning. The Crimson Tide took care of business week in and week out, and they eventually found themselves hoisting the SEC title trophy after knocking off the two-time defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs. That earned Alabama a spot in the College Football Playoff.
