Football coach Nick Saban was on the  Alabama sideline for Saturday night's showdown against No. 3 Georgia after he was cleared to return earlier in the day following his third consecutive negative test for COVID-19.  The No. 2 Crimson Tide beat the Bulldogs 41-24, as Saban contended his streak of never having lost to a former assistant.  Sources told ESPN that Saban was informed he had been cleared to return a little before 12:30 p.m. ET, and he immediately left his home with a state trooper to go straight to the team hotel and was able to join meetings prior to 1 p.m. ET. Alabama team physician Dr. Jimmy Robinson said in a statement that Saban had negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests at 7 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday following an initial positive test Wednesday. The school added two additional PCR tests, from Thursday and Friday, were taken "out of an abundance of caution" and also were found to be negative at a separate lab. "Due to the fact...