On Friday, Alabama offered its offensive coordinator job to Tommy Rees and he accepted, making him the Crimson Tide's ninth different OC since Nick Saban became head coach in 2007. Rees spent the previous three years in the same position at Notre Dame.
Rees is replacing former offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien, who left Alabama for the same position with the New England Patriots.
So what does this mean for both Saban and the Crimson Tide and Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish? Our reporters break it down.