SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' George Schroeder and Paul Myerberg look to the national championship. USA TODAY Sports
ATLANTA — There are systems in college football that create stars, but at Alabama, the stars mostly blend into a championship-winning machine. As the Crimson Tide hones in on a potential fifth national title under Nick Saban, however, the team he is bringing to Mercedes-Benz Stadium will stand completely apart from the rest if it can beat Georgia on Monday night.
Unlike every other group Saban has churned through his program during a decade-long reign over college football, this one is utterly void of individual superstars.