Customarily, we would be posting a depth chart analysis the week before the season opener. Alas, this won’t be the case today as Nick Saban has decided not to release one. His reasoning:
“It creates a lot of distractions on our team,” Saban said. “Creates a lot of guys thinking ‘Well this guy won the job, now I’m not gonna get to play,’ or whatever and quite frankly, we don’t need that.”
According to reporters and athletics department employees covering or working for the other 13 schools in the SEC, Alabama will be one of just three teams not releasing depth charts ahead of game day.