Inside Alabama
Watch for the Aug.  29 release of "4th and Goal Every Day: Alabama's Relentless Pursuit of Perfection." The book, written by Alabama color man (and former Browns general manager) Phil Savage (along with journalist Ray Glier), contains some stunning revelations. Among them:
1. Nick Saban adopted for Alabama the Dallas Cowboys' computerized player evaluation system that started in 1963.
2. The Process is largely the offshoot of Cowboys' former talent gurus Gil Brandt and Tex Schramm.
3. Saban has completely retooled how he approaches offense and defense in the last few years. His ideal line defender has morphed from the 365-pound Terrence Cody to the 290-pound Jonathan Allen, who stopped the run as a tackle and was an elite rusher off the edge. Alabama's defenses have gotten lighter and faster. "It was Johnny Manziel who helped change us," former defensive back Geno Matias-Smith said. "We had learn how to play against guys like him."
On offense, Saban has adopted the spread with more of an emphasis on the quarterback and power running game.
4. The book also explains, even with all that, Saban has been able to recruit, coach and develop two of the most dangerous receivers currently in the NFL: Julio Jones and Amari Cooper. Sophomore Calvin Ridley is seen as the next great at that position.
5. Saban has had his share of recruiting misses. While at LSU, he refused to go after a quarterback from Findlay, Ohio. The kid had offers only from Duke and Miami (Ohio), but he turned out OK. Ever hear of Ben Roethlisberger?
6. The value of those Alabama analysts: At least nine player personnel folks on staff for the 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015 national championships are playing "prominent roles" in NFL and Division I player development and scouting.
7. Why Jake Coker turned down a request to join the team for practice last season despite Lane Kiffin offering to send a plane. (Saban is credited with exploiting a loophole in the rules that allows former players to come back and practice with the team.)
8. How Saban schemed to get LSU star defensive back Tyrann Mathieu away from the ball in the 2012 national championship game.
9. The intricate secret behind the onside kick that turned the game in favor of Alabama against Clemson in the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship.
10. In the spring of 2013, Alabama's No. 1 offense squared off against the No. 1 defense -- for the first time.
"4th and Goal Every Day is my textbook on Nick Saban's way of doing business at Alabama," Savage writes. Pick it up. It's worth a read.

"It's exciting," Saban said of the offensive explosion in college football at spring meetings earlier this year. "We score, like, 40 more points per game than we used to (slight exaggeration). Our 2011 team gave up eight points per game. The best defenses in the country give up twice that much now. It's going to continue to go that way."

The player signs with the school, not the coach.

If there is anyone who is reading this that says they haven't yelled "TURN AROUND!" to one of our DBs trying to make a play, you have not watched a Bama game in a while.