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Understanding Nick Saban: Winston Groom Chimes In

By Winston Groom

Thursday, November 6, 2008

[Ed's note: For Wright Thompson's piece on hating Nick Saban, please click here. Below is noted author Winston Groom's—he's an Alabama alum—take on the same man.] It all started last summer when Alabama's Crimson Tide acquired a 400-pound man named Terrence Cody to play nose tackle. The editors of this magazine wanted a story on him, but it seemed premature. What if he don't play, I asked? Do we write a story headlined, "400-Pound Man Warms Bench?" The next week, it was revealed t ...

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