Nick Saban doesn't remember much about his first day of classes at Kent State, but he recalls enough from his first day on campus to have empathy for Alabama's freshmen on a day like today.
"I remember when my parents let me off in the parking lot and drove off and I was away from home for the first time in a place where I did not know one soul," Saban said after Tuesday's practice. "Not one person. New roommates. New room."
This explains a lot.