Throughout the South and across the national landscape ofcollege football, fans rejoicedor just breathed a little easier.
The Dream Killer, the Gravedigger, was done.
Saban, the greatest coach in that sports history, hadretired.
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The future seemed hard to fathom.
Being a football fan down here is stressful.
We forget that its just a game.
But with Saban, we always had a feeling that it would be all right.
Whenever we did lose, I was amazed.
It so rarely happened that it was like an eclipse of the sun.
We have borne up to it before.
He sees a figure in the distance, walking on water.
Is that the Bear?
he asks St. Peter.
Nawwwww, says St. Peter.
He just thinks hes Bear Bryant.
In 1983, my newspaper sent me to interview the man who had dug Bryants grave.
He had a dynasty to build.
