loss to rival Auburn.Making matters worse, that followed a 2018 season that ended with national championship game thrashing at the hands of Clemson.
Alabama hasn’t failed to play for a national title or at least make the playoffs in consecutive years since Saban’s first two seasons in Tuscaloosa.
This season’s mantra might as well be, Roll Redemption. “I do not think that last year’s team reflected the culture of what we’re trying to develop here, what has made this program be as successful over time (as) it has been,” Saban said.