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Top 25 Intel: No. 8 Alabama

By Chris Sprow
ESPN Insider

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

When these two got together just over two years ago, Nick Saban and Alabama football, perhaps it truly was the perfect marriage, but mostly because, in retrospect, a merging of their recent imperfections made sense. There was Saban, coming off a failed stint in the NFL, and there was Alabama, leaving behind failed flirtations with the next great coach. The results of this combination were brilliant because both parties, we always knew, were brooding giants. And in short order, the swagger is ...

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