Click here for linkNick Saban won the pregame press conference.
It wasn't even a unanimous decision. It was a knockout.
Saban, the man with a sandpaper personality, shared the day with Les Miles, the affable, occasionally bumbling man who seems lifted from a primetime sitcom.
Saban was charming, funny and glib.
In contrast, Miles, the LSU coach, came across as desperate for love and striving to use corporate-speak as the fifth suit down the line in one of the endless series of Republican debates.
Saban is not easy to like. Especially if one carries a press card in his or her wallet.
He is impossible not to respect.
The plain fact is, neither Alabama nor LSU would be playing in tonight's title game without Saban.
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