There's arguably not a hotter team in the Southeastern Conference right now than Alabama football.

Julian Sayin has emerged as a star in his first year as Ohio State's starter, but it wasn't long ago that he was playing on Alabama's scout team.

Saban, who won six national championships at Alabama and one prior at LSU, was talking about the virulent college football carousel, and the money being spent, and how the quest to hire a name coach ...