What if Alabama Crimson Tide Head Coach Nick Saban Never Left the LSU Tigers?

Jan 1, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban on the field prior to the 2015 Sugar Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

Alabama Crimson Tide Head Coach Nick Saban has had a huge impact on college football since returning to the sport. But what if he never left the LSU Tigers?

You thought it was crazy when we documented what would have happened if Steve Spurrier never left Florida or Chip Kelly never left Oregon?

That pales in comparison to how different the college football world would be had Nick Saban never left the LSU Tigers.

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The Alabama Crimson Tide head coach obviously left LSU in 2004 to become the head coach of the Miami Dolphins for two years before returning to the sport for the 2007 and cementing his status as one of the greatest coaches to ever grace a college football field.

Saban’s moves there caused one coaching change that never would have happened and that would have set in motion an amazing set of events that would have the college football landscape looking, ironically, eerily similar to the landscape today.

The process, however, would have been dramatically different.

So let’s go step by step and see how things would be different, starting with what Nick Saban’s track record would look like along with that of the LSU Tigers.

Next: Not Much Difference in Nick Saban's or LSU's Records