The pride, passion, and pageantry of college football lives here.

This is the Paul Pinebaum Show, our team podcast.

This might be college football, haven't we?

We are back.

Great to have all of you here.

And even though Alabama, all this week, there's already a buildup

for next week.

We even asked Brian Kelly about that yesterday.

Just happy to answer.

Let's get to this headline.

Never retire, Nick Saban, while Alabama football needs him more than ever.

Blake Topmeyer wrote those words.

Blake, joining us now.

Blake, thanks for the time.

And my has this season taken a dramatic turn in favor of the Crimson tie.

Tell us all about it.

Yeah, sure has.

I mean, when we think back on that Texas game in week two, I'd pretty well left Alabama

for dead, frankly.

Then they struggled in that game and you thought about the challenges ahead of them

with this schedule.

College football playoff, I thought was off the table.

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