Caleb Ivy

Nick Saban is a defensive minded coach and a master recruiter. Put those two things together and you get what we've been seeing at Alabama over his entire tenure: a defensive powerhouse. Big time players are leaving for the NFL draft, but there are players with big time potential lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to contribute on one of the best defenses in the nation...

Spring practice has arrived, which means it's time for avid Alabama football fans to get their final fix before the 2014 season kicks off against West Virginia. With stars leaving for the NFL draft, many holes are left unfilled, giving young players the opportunity to step up and show off their abilities ...

Considering all of the national championship rings sitting on Nick Saban's dresser, it is a bit surprising that he has only won one BCS bowl that was not a national championship. With Nick Saban's Alabama team preparing to try and win his second, it is only fitting that the 2002 Sugar Bowl tops our list...

Fresh off of their first national championship in 17 years, Alabama was was back in the national spotlight. With what most people believed to be a more talented team than the year before, the Crimson Tide were the favorites to win a consecutive national title...

Since Nick Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa after the 2006 season, he has transformed Alabama into a bowl winning machine. The team has gone 5-1 under Saban in bowl games to date, with the Sugar Bowl on the horizon. Coming in at number three on our countdown is Alabama's 30-24 victory over Colorado in the 2007 Independence Bowl during Saban's first year as head coach...

It seems as though Nick Saban has been the king of college football for a lifetime, that the minute he put on a head set he was the most sought after coach in the game. However, that is not quite the case. Although some may find it hard to believe, there was a time when Nick Saban was not a big name in college football...

Over the past several years, Nick Saban's name has become synonymous with that of the national championship. Often lost in all of the conversation about titles are the bowl games he coached that where ultimate goals weren't at stake. We will be ranking Saban's top five non-national championship games, looking at one each week...