The Coach Who Saved College Football | Nick Saban Mini-Doc

The Nick Saban Era of dominance with Alabama Football is nothing short of the greatest of all time, no coach did what he did for as long as he did it. It may be the greatest 16 year stretch of our time.

[Rastafarianinja]

You may not like Nick Saban or Alabama, but you can’t deny that they were the best football program in the nation for the better part of 2 decades. There will never be another team like Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide.

They’re not even my favorite team, but I know better than to try to argue with facts.

[zachmoore]

Since 2010, Alabama lost only twice to teams ranked outside the top 15 (not top 25, TOP FIFTEEN). During that same period, no team, not Ohio State, not Clemson, not Georgia, no one, has lost FEWER than TEN times to teams ranked outside the top 15.

That’s unreal. Saban and Alabama were simply an amazing combination that will likely never be replicated.

[zacharyfett]

It got to a point where ESPN analysts (plural) were having legitimate conversations about whether or not the team that Alabama was fielding could beat an NFL team. (I think this was 2017). It was wild.

[jakobbuckles]

Saban didnt just dominate
He carried a golden shovel. And buried any program who tasted just the slightest succsess. And sent them straight back to the cellar
Texas, A&M, Miss St., Florida. I could go on
Absolute GOAT

[KingYahshua]

As a Georgia fan, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: losing Saban is akin to Batman losing his Joker.

Even if we pull off another natty next season, it’ll be eerily anti-climatic once we realize the specter of Nick Saban’s genius isn’t looming over our shoulders anymore.

[Unbounded]

As an Auburn fan, beating Bama felt like a miracle from god every time. It was more important than winning championships. War eagle, RIP to a legend

[johncmoore]

Bobby Bowden's 90's FSU Team and Saban's Alabama.

I don't think we'll ever see teams like this again.

[marioex]

The most telling stat of how good Saban was as a coach is that he had double the number of first round draft picks as he did losses. As a Bama fan I am still in mourning but our future is bright with DeBoer

[bellzo]

Everybody look at it as a glorious day that his is gone. Everybody look at it as a miracle that Bama won't be dominant anymore. But im happy to say im bless to witness a dominant run in my lifetime. Things like this is great for football. To have a Thanos that you know you have to slay to become the champion is great. The way bama played was amazing to watch only something we see in video games.

[jeffzuiderveen]

I'll miss the Saban press conferences. I love how he just didn't have time for stupid questions.

[MAD]

Someone already did a great video on the history of college football. What I need is an explanation of the NFL decade by decade since the 70s.

[LesPaulJeff]

Nice clickbait title. It worked, you got me. These are the times when I miss the # of dislikes being visible.

[theodorixjohnson]

As a long lived and die hard bama fan I remember the days before Saban and then the shakeup, Saban reminded us what it meant to live breathe and love football to not be okay with just surviving to push ourselves every DAY to work towards excellence at everything he set the gold standard and taught us to break it at every opportunity, what Alabama does now that he’s gone is up in the air but Saban forever changed football in every way I can imagine

[Vinnie-Venom]

ROLL TIDE!! Hail Saban forever! College football is everything here in Alabama, and Nick Saban took us to heights we couldn't even imagine back in the time of Bear Bryant! We are forever grateful to coach Saban!

[adamallison]

Crazy how Bill parcels created 2 of the most dominant coaches. Bill and Nick

[doktorwort]

This is why the 86 Giants might be underrated. Simms in particular gets it together in 86, and roasts the Broncos for the title. If they don't do well that year, Parcells might not have lasted much longer...which means the staff gets fired too and so no Belichik to the Browns after 1990...which means no staff with Saban and all those dudes...and then who knows how the history of football after that point is affected. The 86 Giants basically set up decades of college and pro ball.

[Deryan-tvtt]

Since 08, that Clemson loss is still the only time I’ve seen Alabama straight up lose a game. Every other loss has 15 penalties, 10dropped passes, a fumble, a INT, 2 Miss FGs and still lose by only 5pts. You can tell when Alabama will lose a game from the start, they just choke nonstop. Haha.

[tylerallison]

Gotta be honest, you peaked my interest with the title. Thought it was gonna go another direction like I hear from basically everyone I know that cares about college football. Obviously I'm biased (if you haven't looked at my pfp, that explains it), but there's beauty in the dominance Saban had. I will always acknowledge and commend dominance no matter the team, or sport for that matter. I'm sad to see him go, but BOI was it a good run. I was in school there '15-'19. 1st, 2nd, 1st, 2nd. Possibly the greatest four years to be at any school for college football. Love the content, btw. Roll Tide!

[LesPaulJeff]

3:46 "When the committee paired them...." What committee are you talking about?? Bama played Florida because Bama was the SEC west champs and Florida was the SEC East champs b/c of their records. A committee had nothing to do with it.

[crimsonkings]

Destroyed college football? No. Saban single handily changed the way other programs have to win. Saban created the blueprint for dominance and it’ll never been duplicated again. Ever.