"The Saban Bowl" What Does it Mean for 'Bama?

Saban has the Crimson Tide on the cusp of returning to the SEC championship game for the first time since 1999. While Alabama's march to Atlanta still goes through Auburn, Saban and the Tide could relish the SEC West's top spot by beating LSU and Miles and douse water on the Tigers' national title hopes at the same time.

On top of all of that, a win over the No. 3-ranked team would do wonders in terms of jumpstarting the Alabama program, getting it back on the road to SEC dominance.

A loss means nothing, really, other than it would be Alabama's third of the year. Realists never expected the Tide to win the SEC West, much less make it to Atlanta. Eight or nine wins was expected of Saban in year one, and even if it loses to the Tigers, the Tide still has a chance to reach that mark with winnable games against Miss. State and Louisiana-Monroe, including a bowl game.

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