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5 reasons Texas A&M Aggies won’t upset Alabama Crimson Tide

By John Buhler

Oct 15, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Eddie Jackson (4) celebrates his punt return for a 79yd touchdown against the Tennessee Volunteers during the fourth quarter at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 15, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Eddie Jackson (4) celebrates his punt return for a 79yd touchdown against the Tennessee Volunteers during the fourth quarter at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 15, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban walks out onto the field against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 15, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban walks out onto the field against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /

1. Nick Saban

Kevin Sumlin might be a great head coach, despite entering 2016 on the hot seat. However, he isn’t in the same elite class as Nick Saban. Nobody in the SEC is. Saban is exponentially better than everybody else in the SEC in 2016. Newsflash: The SEC doesn’t have the elite coaches that the ACC, Big 10, and Pac-12 do.

The reason for this is that SEC schools go through coaches like Larry King goes through wives. Nobody in the SEC has been considered an equal to Saban since Urban Meyer retired/left Florida to take a year break and go to Ohio State.

Saban has instilled a Belichickian discipline to his football team. He asks his Alabama players to “do their job” and not find creative ways to lose football games. The Belichick comparisons are understandable. Saban was a defensive backs coach for Bill Belichick in the early 1990s Cleveland Browns.

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Sumlin is an Air Raid disciple, but is really getting by in the SEC thanks to another fantastic John Chavis defense. Saban is a defensive backs guru and will have his secondary positioned perfectly to outplay Knight, Sumlin, and the Aggies Air Raid. Sumlin is good at checkers, but Saban is playing chess.

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