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Last season, Alabama football fans saw players battling it out on the field for a WWE Championship Belt. Players referred to the prize as the “Ball Out Belt“, and it went to the defensive player who stripped the ball, causing a turnover.

“The coaches thought of it, ” mused former Tide defender Reggie Ragland in the fall of 2015. “… a lot of people weren’t really stripping at the ball this past season and we had a down year with turnovers. That gave the coaches an idea for guys to start getting after the ball and get the ball out.