On Nick Saban's coaching tree, and the CFP it sprouted | Goodbread

No matter which coach wins the College Football Playoff, it will be someone whose career was touched by Nick Saban. A closer look at the branches.

Nick Saban Coaching Tree Rankings: Are Curt Cignetti and Mario Cristobal Top 1 & 2?

The GOAT college football coach now sits center stage for ESPN's College GameDay every week during the season, but analysis ...
ABC7

Jimbo Fisher: 'Better be really, really careful with all this playoff stuff'

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. --Florida StatecoachJimbo Fisher has a bone to pick with anyone who believesmissing out on a spot in the College Football Playoff makes postseason bowl games "meaningless." The ...
The Baltimore Sun

Nick Saban’s legacy lives on as his former assistants dominate the College Football Playoff

It’s been two years since Nick Saban last took the field as a coach, but he still has his hands all over the College Football Playoff, regardless of how it shakes out. Five of the 12 CFP teams this ...
The New York Times

How Nick Saban’s coaching tree is leaving its mark across college football

Pete Golding, right, is one of the four coaches in the College Football Playoff who once worked under Nick Saban. Michael Allio / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images During Nick Saban’s 17-year reign as ...