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"I think [Saban and Alabama have] done extremely well. There's no question about that. I just made a statement that I think they've had five number one recruiting classes out of the last six years, which has got to make him the greatest recruiter in the history of college football. Arguably, they've got the greatest collection of football players ever assembled for a college team. If the recruiting services are correct, and they're pretty much correct.

So they're the favorites. They're the favorites. There's no question about that. As long as they can recruit like that, they're always going to be the favorites.

I guess fortunately sometimes the team that plays the best is the team that wins instead of maybe who all has the best players.

I just mention that because it is amazing. When I was at Florida, we had two number one classes, 1991, Danny Wuerffel, all those guys, we had a bunch of players come in. The next year the guys said, Coach, you got too many players on Florida, I'm not going to get on the field.

But at Alabama they just keep signing them year after year after year. It's amazing. I give him credit for it. They do it the right way. He runs a good program. It's just amazing to me how they've been able to stack and keep loading up players every year. That's what I was just trying to mention. They're going to be the favorites. They got to be the favorites.

Now LSU is pretty good, too. Everybody else recruits very well also. But to be number one that much, that's just sort of amazing to me."

I see what Stevo is trying to imply and I think it's funny as hell. Keep Nick in that ole noggin Steve - don't ever let him out.

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Posted by sjmabry

Texas

Member since Aug 2013

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Posted on 7/15/14 at 4:38 pm to RT1941

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The next year the guys said, Coach, you got too many players on Florida, I'm not going to get on the field.

Yeah, I hear guys talking about early playing time at every school, but in most cases guys are sitting 2 years before they get on the field. How a coach can convince a recruit that he'll see the field early when he's behind other top players is amazing to me.

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Posted by Ironhead985

Louisiana

Member since Jun 2013

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Posted on 7/16/14 at 3:21 am to RT1941

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But at Alabama they just keep signing them year after year after year. It's amazing. I give him credit for it. They do it the right way. He runs a good program. It's just amazing to me how they've been able to stack and keep loading up players every year. That's what I was just trying to mention. They're going to be the favorites.

I think it's their "credit" that enables them to land #1 class after #1 class. Their credit is amazing. No credit check? No problem.