If you're interested in what college football looks like tomorrow, pay attention to whatever is bothering Nick Saban today.
He was distressed about the emerging up-tempo brand of football that had gained popularity. More tempo created more plays, which in turn fostered more opportunities for injuries to happen. A burgeoning health crisis loomed.
It would have impacted offenses like Oklahoma's, whichin the Sugar Bowl. But this was about protecting the kids. "The 10-second rule" would have prohibited teams from snapping the ball with more than 30 seconds remaining on the 40-second play clock. Saban"The fastball guys [up-tempo coaches] say there's no data out there [that up-tempo football poses a threat to player safety] and I guess you have to use some logic. If you smoke one cigarette, do you have the same chances of getting cancer if you smoke 20? I guess there's no study that specifically says that. But logically, we would say, 'Yeah, there probably is.'" Was Dr. Saban suggesting the sport he lorded over carried cumulative, uniform and irreversible health risks? That is harsh. I think Ohio State's defense last season was as harmful as smoking an entire carton of cigarettes and Ryan Day's offense is basically a multivitamin laced with amphetamines.Saban's cigarette metaphor only flies if, which if true would make Jim Bollman the Marlboro Man. FYI those were tusks, not cigarettes. If you've been in a coma since the summer of 2014 when Saban voiced his up-tempo grievances, here's what happened next: First, Ohio State won the national title. Second, the Alabama head coach did not end up dying on that hill. And third, that's because after"the 10-second rule" died in committee, Saban charged up that hill and claimed it for his program. The Crimson Tide would not beat the uptempo guys, they would simply hire them. TEXAS A&M just landed as many 5-star PLAYERS in 2022 as IT signed OVER seven previous recruiting classes, combined. It worked, and it still works eight years later. Over the past three seasons only 11 FBS programs have run more plays than Saban's Tide, who pivoted from winning championships with defense and ball control to winning with offense and points. That's a lot of cigarettes, especially for an anti-smoker. Saban didn't like what he saw coming for his college football empire eight years ago because it was a mortal threat to everything he had built. Once he realized change was inevitable, he acquiesced to whatwas becoming, and with the Tuscaloosa death machine at his disposal - became pretty good at executing that which he previously loathed. Evolution forced Saban's hand, and the Alabama of 2012 would not be nearly as competitive in the past several CFPs if it hadn't. That Tide today would be Wisconsin Deluxe, winning 10 games annually along with an occasional NYE 6 bowl. It would be Alabama historically, but not Alabama currently.
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