re: Nick Saban is 8-3 against John Chavis coached defenses

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Chavis may be a good DC, but after listening to Vol fans for years talk about "third and Chavis", as well as personally witnessing the carnage unleashed by Applewhite, Jessica Parker Wilson, Terry Grant, and DJ Hall, I and a lot of other fans will never think of him as highly as most commentators. Wilson was 32-46-363-3TDs-0INTs, Hall had 185 yards on 13 catches, and Grant rushed for over 100. No Glen Coffee. No Antoine Caldwell. No Marlon Davis. Chavis couldn't exploit the loss of an All-American center, another starting OL, and a future 3rd round RB? Vol CBs inexlicably and routinely gave Hall and other WRs large cushions. Third and Chavis is very real.

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Do you remember that time Saban's Defense gave up 1000 yards to Texas A&M?

Do you remember when he lost to UAB and ULM?

I remember watching OU light them up... how long ago was that?

Can we pick out various single instances of both Saban and Chavis over their 20 years of running defenses that seem bad? Of course.

Let's look at body of work. Saban and Chavis are top shelf... and no one else is on the shelf.