... times a sportswriter gets a story idea where he least expects it. I was in the grocery store today with an Alabama T-shirt and a guy with an Ole Miss baseball cap comes up to me and says, "Y'all are lucky to have Saban. He's the only reason you won the National Championship. If he had come to Ole Miss, we'd be celebrating right now. He could win anywhere."

And not wanting to get into a long debate with ice cream in my cart, I simply said, "You may be right." and left him looking at frozen dinners.

But the thought nagged at me and I wondered if that were true.

After all, we won more championships without Saban than we have with him. Many feel it was just a question of when, not if we would finally repeat. I think there are many ...

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