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Alabama looking to win 6th title under Nick Saban in showdown with No. 3 Ohio State | L.A. Focus News

MIAMI — Trying to figure out which of Nick Saban’s Alabama teams is best is akin to picking Michelangelo’s greatest work of art or Ernest Hemingway’s best novel. They are all excellent in their own way. The first to win a national championship came in 2009 and is still the only Alabama team to finish […]

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