As the adrenaline slowly started to wear off, Nick Saban settled in for his postgame press conference, waiting for the inevitable question.
He and former Alabama assistant Kirby Smart shared a lengthy postgame handshake conversation, and one reporter asked the legendary coach about what was said and his relationship with the Georgia star. Saban shared one thing that may surprise fans—if the Crimson Tide lost the national title, he had a preference on who it would be too.
“If we had to lose a national championship, I’d rather lose one to one of the former assistants who did a great job for us, and has done a great job with his program and his team,” Saban said.