<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3IuofA_0wP4D4ND00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3IuofA_0wP4D4ND00" width="760" height="427" ><p>Nick Saban's retirement had an obvious effect on Alabama. No longer are the Crimson Tide withholding the “Bama Standard” on the field, leading to a 6-2 record and in danger of missing the College Football Playoff with another loss. But as The Seattle Times’s John Wilner notes, Saban’s retirement also affected teams in the Big Ten and Big 12. Specifically, Washington and Arizona. “The two losses unfolded eight hours and 1,700 miles apart. They had different fuel sources and plot twists,” Wilner prefaced before saying, “But deep in the background, there was a fascinating point of commonality between Washington’s third...</p></div></body>

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Nick Saban’s retirement indirectly working against teams in the Big Ten, Big 12, but working directly against Alabama

Nick Saban's retirement had an obvious effect on Alabama. No longer are the Crimson Tide withholding the “Bama Standard” on the field, leading to a 6-2 record and in danger of missing the College Football Playoff with another loss. But as The Seattle Times’s John Wilner notes, Saban’s retirement also affected teams in the Big Ten and Big 12. Specifically, Washington and Arizona. “The two losses unfolded eight hours and 1,700 miles apart. They had different fuel sources and plot twists,” Wilner prefaced before saying, “But deep in the background, there was a fascinating point of commonality between Washington’s third...