The tests of time

Nick Saban is the master of preparation, the architect and keeper of the Process, which has the Tide playing for their third BCS title in four years. For a player or staffer to go off script in practice or (heaven forbid) during a game is to incur the wrath of the confessed control freak.

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• ESPN The Magazine senior writer
• 2-time Sports Emmy winner
• 2010 NMPA Writer of the Year