The Alabama Crimson Tide claimed their fifth national championship of the last decade on Monday night with a thrilling 26-23 overtime victory over the Georgia Bulldogs. The program best positioned and best equipped to sustain elite success has done exactly that under head coach Nick Saban, and there is no reason to expect anything less out of Tuscaloosa for the foreseeable future. Alabama contending for and frequently winning conference and national championships has and will continue to inspire awe and respect from many, and generate frustration and disgust from many more.
It is certainly possible that this kind of domination by a single program is not healthy for the sport itself, and that college football may suffer somehow by Alabama repeatedly finishing on top.