USA Today · Dec 4, 2016
Alabama has been dominant, but has Nick Saban's team been tested?
Top-ranked Alabama showed it is ready for the College Football Playoff with a dominant 56-14 win over Florida in the SEC championship game.Time Sports
(Photo: Jason Getz, USA TODAY Sports)As the championships have piled up for Nick Saban, it remains a bit of an anomaly that he’s only coached one undefeated team. His first championship team at Alabama in 2009 went 14-0, but the other four (including 2003 at LSU) all had a loss that ultimately proved purposeful.
In 2011, Alabama’s frustrating 9-6 overtime loss to LSU helped provide a blueprint for the title game rematch, which the Crimson Tide won in a 21-0 throttling.
