Gary Danielson was wrong. Very wrong. Teams that run an up-tempo spread are winning National Championships. Just ask Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney.
I was sitting in a hotel room before a Clemson road game several years ago and was watching an Alabama game on CBS Sports. Danielson was acting as the color commentator for the game, along with play-by-play man Verne Lundquist. Danielson, who so often has gushed over Alabama head coach Nick Saban and all things SEC (hey, he knew where the money for his paycheck was coming from), was once again straining the limits of believable hyperbole in discussing the greatness of Alabama football.