Alabama is the favorite AGAIN this year in college football. Regardless of what you think of them, Alabama has been a machine the last 15 years under the coaching of Nick Saban.

In today’s inaugural episode, we ask the the question as we “replay the down:” What if Alabama never hired Nick Saban? What if RichRod or Spurrier accepted the job and Saban stayed with the Dolphins for at least a third season? In Part 1, we’ll catch you up on some recent sports news—including a debate on the College Football Playoff expansion—and discuss some teams that may have become today’s version of Alabama.

This is Replay the Down a show about the great “what ifs” of sports. How different would the sports world look if ONE thing—an injury, a draft pick, maybe a single play—went a different way? Join Nathan Adams, Jason Dellarusso, and Tyler Wessel as we explore current sports news and what might have been.