Pat Forde gets a whole lot wrong..but in this case, he got a lot more right. Nick Saban really ought to be a National COTY candidate. This has been one of his finest coaching jobs.
Nick Saban (22), Alabama. We’re so accustomed to seeing Saban teams rack up victories without much struggle that this season has been something different. The Crimson Tide lost their second game of the season at home by 10 points, then benched their starting quarterback and flailed past South Florida—at that point, the season was on the brink.