re: Nick Saban would never allow his team to become thin at CB

Luck has something to do with it. So does having a very strong conference for the past decade. You can't just will a championship, you know.

I think a lot of you look at Alabama and have the impression that it is just easy to win a MNC so long as you have the right coach. That's just not the case. You have to have the right combination of players, schedule, coaches, conditioning, calls by the refs, and the ball bouncing your way to win it.

Football is a complex sport and you can't reduce it down to one man (the coach) and call it good.