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In 2015, the road was very tough. I think this Bama team faced huge adversity early in the season starting 0-1 in SEC and still having road games like TAMU, Georgia, Miss State, etc. Just one other loss would have likely ended their chances, but Saban got the best from his guys. I laughed at the thought of Coker winning a title this year. If I actually have a favorite Bama team, it is this one. It was not an easy task to not only get there, but to beat a very good team in the title.

As to your comment about "deserving it" more than any other year... I think it's disingenuous of any sports fan to minimize any teams that have done what they needed to do to win the trophy at the end of the year. By that logic standard, the most deserving teams are only the ones that were at a disadvantage and found a way to win. Likewise, by that logic, teams that are more talented, and better coached are less deserving.

Winning, regardless of how or why, is what makes one deserving. It's not how physically talented they are. Not what they have to over come. After all, that's why there is a reward for the team that wins the big one.

I don't like minimizing any team (not just Bama) for kicking so much arse that no one stands a chance. IF ANYTHING, as long as the playing ground is level, the more a team brutalizes other opponents the more deserving. But even that is not a fair statement to the ones that had a harder road.

Perfectly fair, as a concept, doesn't exist in the world. It's just an idea. Strength of schedule is very, very hard to make "fair" to everyone. But, the NCAA rules that have been set up and tailored over the many years it's been going are the measures taken to ensure the fairest shake to all teams. If you win it all, under those rules, you are no more or less deserving than any team that has done the same thing.

Whew! DONE.