🏈 2016 starts with a bang

[252BAMA]

Flipping the Field: 2016 starts with a bang

"Around 11 p.m. on Christmas Eve, my wife sent me to buy batteries for the pile of new toys that Santa was expected to deliver later that night. Because of the timing, I expected there to be zero activity inside the store. But, also because of the timing, I was shocked at what I found.

There were a half-dozen employees frantically ripping down the holiday décor and replacing it with ... Valentine's Day stuff. Really? It was nearly two months away!

"Don't act all offended, dude," the guy behind the counter said to me, rolling his eyes. "You're the guy who comes wandering in here on June 1st every year asking when we're going to have the college football preview mags in stock."

McGee: Just hold on until Week 1 in 2016

 

[TerryP]

To start listing all of Swinney's quotes from championship weekend would take up all the space on the ESPN.com servers. But the best line from the College Football Playoff's two weeks came from Saban, and it wasn't even really his quote. According to ESPN colleague Kaylee Hartung, Saban went full MMA, quoting Conor "The Notorious One" McGregor prior to the team's semifinal matchup with Michigan State. The coach told his team: "We're not here to take part. We're here to take over." Alabama won 38-0. So ... good talk, Russ.