Alabama coach Nick Saban stressed the importance of humility to his players in a preseason talk, urging them to avoid the pitfalls of entitlement and self-satisfaction. 3 Crimson Tide received that program’s equivalent of a humbling last season, if an 11-2 record can qualify as such. Alabama failed to make the College Football Playoffs for the first time thanks largely to a 48-45, regular season-ending loss to rival Auburn. Making matters worse, that followed a 2018 season that ended with national championship game thrashing at the hands of Clemson. Alabama hasn’t failed to play for a national title or at least make the playoffs in consecutive years since Saban’s first two seasons in Tuscaloosa.

Source: Fox News September 02, 2020 08:48 UTC