Nick Saban famously hated hypotheticals when he was head coach at Alabama, but once again on Friday brought up what might have happened had the Crimson Tide been in the 2022 College Football Playoff.

Nick Saban and Alabama made the College Football Playoff in three of his final four years of coaching. The one year the Crimson Tide didn’t came in 2022 when Alabama was on the bubble but was ultimately left out.

More importantly, this is a big game from a College ... football player," Saban said. "Great competitive — his competitive IQ, how he responds on the field and reacts instinctively, It's in the top tier of all players of all time." Nick Saban with ...