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55 SECONDS FULL SOUND ENDS WITH BAMA HOLDING UP THE 2023 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY AND THE MUSIC FADES WHAT A RUN IT HAS BEEN FOR THIS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE UNDER HEAD COACH NICK SABAN... BUT EVEN AFTER ALL THE WINS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS THERE’S STILL SOMETHING COACH SABAN... OR ANY COACH HAS YET TO DO... BEAT A TOP RANKED TEAM IN BACK TO BACK GAMES IN THE SAME SEASON. ��������13’S JON PAEPCKE TAKES US INSIDE THE NUMBERS FOR HOW RARE THIS CHANCE REALLY IS. RARE INDEED - A FEAT NO COACH HAS EVER PULLED OFF... BUT IF THERE’S A COACH DO IT AND A TEAM TO DO IT... THE NUMBER SHOW COACH NICK SABAN HAS THE BEST ODD. LETS DIVE INTO THE NUMBERS - COACH SABAN OWNS THE MOST WINS OVER TOP RANKED TEAMS WITH 9 WINS AND 3 LOSSES. THAT’S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NEXT GROUP OF COACHES THAT INCLUDE LOU HOLTZ AND JIMMY JOHNSON - THAT HAVE 4 WINS OVER THE NUMBER ONE TEAM. COACH PAUL "BEAR" BRYANT AND LEDGENDARY MICHIGAN HEAD COACH BO SCHEMBECHLER HAD 3 WINS OVER A-P NUMBER 1 TEAMS. AS FOR THE CRIMSON TIDE - ALABAMA OWNS THE NCAA RECORD FOR THE MOST WINS ALL-TIME AGAINST THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER ONE RANKED TEAMS WITH 11. THE NEXT CLOSES - MIAMI AND NOTRE DAME AT 9 WINS. BUT JUST PLAYING A NUMBER ONE TEAM IS UNCOMMON... PLAYING TWO NUMBER ONE TEAMS IN THE SAME SEASON... ALMOST UNHEARD OF. IT’S ONLY HAPPENED A HAND FULL OF TIMES - THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED FOR THE TIDE - BACK IN THE 2011 SEASON - BAMA LOST TO THEN NUMBER ONE LSU 9 TO 6 IN "THE GAME OF THE CENTURY" BUT THE TIDE WOULD GET A SECOND CHANCE - FACING #1 LSU AGAIN THAT SEASON IN THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - BAMA WINNING THAT ONE 21 TO ZIP. COACH SABAN ALREADY STANDS ATOP MOST RANKINGS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL... COME NEWS YEAR DAY... WE’LL SEE IF HE CAN ADD ANOTHER HISTORIC MARK TO HIS CAREER. THANKS JON - NO DOUBT IT WOULD BE A HISTORIC WIN IN THE ROSE BOWL FOR COACH SABAN AND THE TIDE. AS FOR THIS MICHIGAN TEAM - THEY ARE WORTHY OF THE TOP RANKING AFTER KNOCKING OFF OHIO STATE LATE IN THE SEASON. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE TIDE AND WOLVERINES BY THE NUMBERS - IN TOTAL OFFENSE - THE NOD GOES TO THE TIDE WITH THE 53RD BEST OFFENSE IN THE NATION - MICHIGAN RANKS 68TH. BUT ON DEFENSE - IT’S THE WOLVERINES - THEY ARE SECOND IN TOTAL DEFENSE. BAMA RANKS 19TH. IN THESE BIG GAMES - TURNOVERS ARE ALWAYS KEY - MICHIGAN RANKS 2ND IN TURNOVER MARGIN. BAMA 20TH. BUT FOR THE WOLVERINES THEY WILL HAVE TO SLOWDOWN A SPECIAL AGENT - BOND - ISAIAH BOND. THE BAMA WIDEOUT HAS BECOME THE X- FACTOR FOR THE TIDE - BREAKOUT MOMENTS IN EVERY BIG GAME. I HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK HIM ABOUT THIS BIG MOMENT IN THE ROSE BOWL. AS FOR SPECIAL AGENT BOND - ON THE SEASON 44 RECEPTIONS FOR 621 YARDS - 4 TOUCHDOWNS... NONE BIGGER THAN THE GRAVEDIGGER AS FOR SPECIAL AGENT BOND - ON THE SEASON 44 RECEPTIONS FOR 621 YARDS - 4 TOUCHDOWNS... NONE BIGGER THAN THE GRAVEDIGGER TOUCHDOWN OVER AUBURN IN IRON BOWL. STILL A LOT AHEAD ON THE ROAD TO THE TITLE - INCLUDING PART TWO OF OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FORMER BAMA QUARTERBACK GREG MCELROY. 10:30 JUST BECAUSE I LOVE COACH SABAN AND I TRUSTED COACH SABAN, I BELIEVED IN HIS VISION FOR WHAT THE PROGRAM COULD BECOME.10:35 ON THE IRON BOWL DRAMATICALLY YOU ARE GOING TO SALE MOROF YOUR BRAND. . BUT 1ST - "LANK" ��������13’S GUY RAWLINGS TAKES US INSIDE THE WORLD OF NIL AND THE BRAND THAT IS CAPTURING THE CRIMSON TIDE NATION. AND AS WE GO TO BREAK - ANOTHER KEY MOMENT FOR THE CRIMSON TIDE - THE COMEBACK ON THE 3RD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER. THIS IS THE ROAD TO THE TITLE. WAS THERE A MOMENT WHEN SOME ONE WANTED YOU TO PLAY A DIFFERENT POSITION SHOOT ALL MY LIFE MY ON OC BILL OBRIAN TOLD ME I SHOULDN’T PLAY QUARTERBACK HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE TOLD YOU SUCK? SO THAT’S HOW I FELT THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED WAS I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND SIZED IT TOLD ME A BUNCH OF POSITIONS I COULD HAVE SWITCHED TOO BUT LOOK WHERE I’M AT RIGHT NOW SO WHO HAS THE LAST LAUGH THE RISE OF JALEN MILROE HAS BEEN SPECIAL TO WATCH. AND HIS MOTTO BEHIND IT ALL - LANK - "LET ALL THE NAYSAYERS KNOW" ��������13’S GUY RAWLINGS SHOWS US HOW IT’S DRIVING NOT JUST MILROE BUT THE ENTIRE TEAM. AFTER NOT MAKING THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF LAST SEASON. THEN AN UPSET LOSS AT HOME TO TEXAS *THIS SEASON. AND A LACKLUSTER WIN OVER SOUTH FLORIDA, THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WORLD QUESTIONED THE MIGHTY CRIMSON TIDE-- AND THEIR CONFIDENCE IN QUARTERBACK JALEN MILROE. BUT, MILROE AIMED TO SILENCE THE DOUBTERS, WINNING ON AND OFF THE FIELD. HE AND TEAMMATE TERRION ARNOLD STARTED THEIR OWN CLOTHING LINE CALLED "LANK" AN ACRONYM FOR "LET ALL NAYSAYERS KNOW." JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY COULDN’T HAVE DONE THIS-- BEFORE STUDENT-ATHLETES WERE ALLOWED TO PROFIT OFF THEIR OWN NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS. 00:23 JIM LAUGHING BIRMINGHAM BUSINESSMAN JIM CAVALE WAS ON THE FRONT END OF THIS N-I-L MOVEMENT IN COLLEGE SPORTS. 00:42 YEAH I MEAN LISTEN, THIS HAS GROWN TO A $20 BILLION ANNUAL INDUSTRY, COLLEGE ATHLETICS HAS. AND WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBERS, ATHLETES ARE GETTING A FRACTION OF THE MONEY THEY GENERATE, ESPECIALLY IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WHERE YOU’RE THE QUARTERBACK AT ALABAMA AND YOU’RE THE DEFENSIVE BACK AT ALABAMA AND YOU’RE PART OF A TEAM THAT’S GENERATING A LOT OF NEW REVENUE THIS YEAR BY BEING IN THE CFP, BEING IN THE ROSE BOWL. AND YOU CAN FIND LANK GEAR *AT THE ROSE BOWL. THE CRIMSON TIDE STARS HAVE A POP- UP SHOP IN PASADENA. 01:27 TAKING INITIATIVE TO HAVE A PRODUCT LIKE THIS LANK BRAND READY FOR THIS MOMENT WHERE YOU’VE NOW WON THE IRON BOWL DRAMATICALLY. YOU’RE GOING TO SELL MORE OF YOUR BRAND, YOU’VE NOW WON THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU’RE GOING TO SELL MORE AND YOU’RE OUT IN THE CFP. THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE MONEY OUTSIDE OF THE PIE MILROE AND ARNOLD’S PIECE OF THE PIE IS ALREADY QUITE PROFITABLE. TOGETHER, THEIR N-I-L VALUE IS REPORTEDLY OVER $2.5 MILLION. THAT’S A LOT OF SWEATSHIRTS! AND ACCORDING TO CAVALE, THAT’S ALLY JUST THE BEGINNING. HE FOUNDED ATHLETES.ORG TO GET AHEAD OF THE NEXT BIG CALIFORNIA DREAMIN�� - ON SUCH A WINTER’S DAY - BUT THIS IS NOT "THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS" - GRAVEDIGGER FROM IRONBOWL QUICK NAT FULL THIS IS THE GRANDDADDY - BIG MICHIGAN PLAY QUICK NAT FULL THE "GRANDDADDY OF THEM ALL" - PLAY FROM SEC CHAMPIONSHIP NAT QUICK FULL THE TRADITION - NATS OF 1931 BAND PLAYING 05 - 10 THE PAGEANTRY - VIDEO FROM 2010 BCS TEXAS VS ALABAMA 1 OF 2 AT 20:18 WHEN FLAG IS LANDING SOME NATS FULL AT THE END OF CROWD CHEERING THE POMP - NATS OF ROOLLLL HAS BIG AL DANCES 27:15 FROM 2010 BCS TEXAS VS ALABAMA 1 OF 2 THIS IS THE ROSE BOWL - OASIS NICK SABAN RAW SOUND DISNEYLAND SABAN: 3:08 "IT’S ALL ABOUT THIS GAME - THIS TEAM - THIS CHALLENGE WE HAVE AND NONE OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST ARE GOING IMPACT THAT AS ALL. 3:15 AHEAD IN THE DISTANCE - A SHIMMERING LIGHT - A TITLE SHOT. JALEN MILROE: 3:21 "I APPLAUD OUR TEAM WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW BUT WE KNOW WE KNOW THAT THE JOB IS NOT DONE AND HAVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS" CALIFORNIA DREAMIN��? ON SUCH A NEW YEAR’S DAY- THE ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE - THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES - THIS IS THE ROAD TO THE TITLE. WELCOME BACK - YES, CALIFORNIA DREAMIN�� - BUT THE LAST TIME THE TIDE PLAYED IN THE ROSE BOWL - IT FELT LIKE A STRANGE DREAM... THE GAME WAS IN TEXAS. HERES THE HANDOFF NAJEE BOUNCES OFF HURDLES A MAN AND HE’S DOWN THE RIGHT SIDELINE 30 25 20 OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 10 YARD LINE THE NAJEE LEAP - THE ROSE BOWL GAME MOVED TO DALLAS DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS DURING THE 20-20 SEASON. BAMA BEATING NOTRE DAME 31 TO 14. AND WE ARE STANDING HERE ON SOME OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S MOST HOLLOWED GROUNDS. THE CRIMSON TIDE’S HISTORY HERE DATES BACK 97 YEARS - THE TIDE SHOCKED THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WORLD IN 19-26. ��������13’S LISA CRANE HAS MORE ON THE GAME REFERRED TO AS "THE GAME THAT CHANGED THE SOUTH". THE ROSE BOWL - AS MUCH AN ALABAMA TRADITION AS "ROLL TIDE" NATS OF BAMA FIGHT SONG "REMEMBER THE ROSE BOWL" BUT IT’S MORE THAN A LINE IN ALABAMA’S FIGHT SONG - ALABAMA BROADCASTING LEGEND TOM ROBERTS CALLS IT A DEFINING MOMENT FOR THE TIDE AND THE SOUTH. TOM ROBERTS "1:07 THE 26 ROSE BOWL WAS REALLY A LANDMARK GAME FOR SOUTHERN FOOTBALL." ALABAMA WAS THE FIRST SOUTHERN TEAM TO EVER BE SELECTED FOR THE ROSE BOWL. LEAD BY HEAD COACH WALLACE WADE - THE TIDE MADE THE CROSS COUNTRY TRIP ON TRAINS - THE HISTORIC FEAT PUTTING THE TIDE ON THE MAP. "2:22 "FROM THE 1ST GAME ALABAMA PLAYED IN THE ROSE BOWL IN 26 THERE WASN’T EVEN AN SEC IT CAME ALONG A FEW YEARS LATER BUT MY GOODNESS WHAT’S HAPPENED WITH THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE THE MOTTO IT JUST MEANS MORE IS EXACTLY RIGHT" THE TIDE DOWN 12 TO NOTHING - BUT AS AS NARRATED IN "YEA ALABAMA" NATS FROM YEA ALABAMA FIGHT ON, FIGHT ON, - THE TIDE ROLLING ON TO VICTORY - BEATING THE FAVORED WASHINGTON HUSKIES 20-19 - BECOMING "DIXIE’S FOOTBALL PRIDE" THE ROSE BOWL IS A HUGE PART OF THAT TRADITION BECAUSE OF WINNING GAMES EARLY IN THE LATE 20S THROUGH 70S WHEN TIDE STARTED ITS WISH BONE ERA UNDER COACH BRYANT WENT BACK TO THE ROSE BOWL PLAYED AGAINST USC IN A REGULAR SEASON GAME AND THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WIN OVER TEXAS IN THE ROSE BOWL STADIUM. THE ROSE BOWL - IT WAS HOME TO THE BIRTH OF ALABAMA’S DOMINANCE - HOME TO THE REBIRTH OF THE BAMA DYNASTY. 5:35 "IT TRULY WAS A LANDMARK WIN I’VE USED THAT WORD BUT IT TRULY WAS A LANDMARK WIN AND THE BEGINNING OF A DYNASTY THAT CONTINUES TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS NICK SABAN IS THERE. 5:50 THE ROSE BOWL - WE’LL WIN - AN ALABAMA TRADITION NATS OF YEA ALABAMA ON THE ROAD TO THE TITLE - LISA CRANE �������� 13 NEWS. **FADE OUT