- ABC News
- December 3, 2023
ATLANTA -- Nick Saban didn't even wait for the question to be asked. His Alabama team, with the emphasis on "team," had just done what no other college football squad had achieved for parts of the past three seasons -- beat No. 1 Georgia. But on Saban's mind, and many others, was what will happen Sunday when the College Football Playoff committee chooses the four teams that will play for the national championship. Saban said it was pretty simple. "If they really want the four best teams to compete," he said, then Alabama will be in the playoff. The comment came after his No. 8 Crimson Tide snapped the Bulldogs' 29-game winning streak with a 27-24 victory at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. It was Saban's ninth SEC title at Alabama and extended the team's winning streak to 11 games since a Week 2 home loss to Texas. It's that loss that has everybody in Crimson, and a few folks in the SEC offices, a tad nervous. Saban didn't go overboard during his postgame...