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For a man who loves college football, Nick Saban sure does seem to have a lot of problems with the state of the game. The more he talks these days, the more it sounds like he's not crazy about the way the game is played or the way the game is run.
"I learned what I feared the most would happen. All the attention, all the interest would be about the four teams in the playoffs, which is exactly what happened, which was great to be a part of."
"But what I was most fearful of is college football is unique. A lot of young men get a lot of positive self gratification from being able to go to a bowl game and that's always been a special thing. That by having a playoff we would minimize the interest in other bowl games, which I think is sort of what happened and I hate to see that for college football."
"Maybe we need to go one way or the other," Saban said. "Either have bowl games or have playoffs but not try to have both."
Nick Saban retire? Sounds crazy but he seems unhappy with the game he loves | AL.com
"I learned what I feared the most would happen. All the attention, all the interest would be about the four teams in the playoffs, which is exactly what happened, which was great to be a part of."
"But what I was most fearful of is college football is unique. A lot of young men get a lot of positive self gratification from being able to go to a bowl game and that's always been a special thing. That by having a playoff we would minimize the interest in other bowl games, which I think is sort of what happened and I hate to see that for college football."
"Maybe we need to go one way or the other," Saban said. "Either have bowl games or have playoffs but not try to have both."
Nick Saban retire? Sounds crazy but he seems unhappy with the game he loves | AL.com