re: BAMA: Downs’s father basically just said Bama got the death penalty with Saban retirement

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I'm sure it's difficult for Bama fans to fathom, but these top recruits chose to go there for Saban not for "Alabama".

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That’s true for every program these days. Cult of personality HCs, NIL, and the transfer portal have completely changed what CFB was just a few years ago. And not for the better.