HOOVER, Ala. — Here's a hint for Alabama coach Nick Saban, who used part of his time with the news media Wednesday to theorize about what went so wrong for the Crimson Tide last season in the three weeks between their conference championship game victory and their College Football Playoff flop.
No Nick, it wasn't because your underclassmen received NFL draft grades and the ones who got good news were no longer interested in playing hard or risking injury.
No Nick, it wasn't because you played an up-tempo offense and your team ran out of gas.
Here's what happened.