I simply love the game. There are so many ways to skin a cat it keeps the sport fresh. I find myself glued to college football versus what the pros do as time passes because the latter is becoming rigid in thinking and literally one philosophy has dominated professional staffs for two decades. And NFL rules basically make experimentation difficult. At the college level teams don't have stagnant philosophy and there is still a lot of innovation going on. Ever since the concept of "money ball', where professional teams weigh player salaries against field results, the gulf between professional and amateur sports only widened. The recruiting wars in college have been important, but you are not seeing literally whole roster shifts after a single bad season like you see on pro teams. We are going to have to make the most out of what we have on the roster at the amateur levels. Building men is the edge. Not many coaches can maintain that there, but it is absolutely the difference. I know people want to make Saban into Satan, but if you listen to him there is a distinct theme that people don't seem to catch. The guy focuses on raising winners and buy in. His Xs and Os charge year to year, but he does far better with his journeyman than 90% of the coaches out there. And he constantly changes the staff while maintaining winning. How? Because of his edge. Tom Osborne figured out the edge and we see the ex-players continue a fraternity with this program. The Xs and Os can go many directions, but we really need to worry about how to get the most of the guys on the team. Little philosophy changes like switching from 3-4 to 4-3 are unnecessary stress on our players. I'd like to focus on the strategy side of football like instilling confidence through competence and maximum effort through player substitution. At the end of the season,, logistical strategy pays off.