When Alabama Goes Into LSU's Stadium, The Last of The Saban Magic Will Evaporate

Saban's recruits are dwindling at LSU.  So is the Saban magic that turned that school around.  This team has managed to stay respectable and even back into another National Championship with players who still did things the Saban way.

But when Nick Saban and Alabama walk onto Tiger Stadium's grass in a few days, they will suck the last remaining magic out of the place that was left behind by Nick.

How can you tell the Saban magic is all but gone?  LSU losing their composure for one, getting blown out another but the most telling are the LSU players that are now hot dogging and trash talking.

Can you honestly imagine a player trash talking at Alabama?  Not one who would play.  Ricky Jean-Francois told The Orlando Sentinel that a hit from his defense can equate to "a car wreck without a seat belt".  He went on to say that they were going "Take out" Tebow. 

This is as childish a behavior as some of the insane calls made by Saban's replacement.  Had he still been alive, Rodney Dangerfield could have earned the respect Miles got by winning with Saban's players and Saban's discipline still intact and being enacted by the upperclassmen. 

But as they leave this year, LSU will be left with Miles recruits, philosophy and work ethic.  Look for more trash talking, arrests and embarrassments to come. 

Fathers in the stands will soon be telling their young sons, "See how good Alabama is?  That's how it used to be here when he was OUR coach." and "We used to get recruits like that when Saban was here."

LSU will be lucky to slide back to Les Miles usual records he had while at Oklahoma State in conference with a lot of patsies.  There he averaged eight wins a season on a good year.  How much longer will they continue to make this guy "The Highest Paid Coach in College Football"?

Saban will suck the magic right out of Tiger Stadium the same way the Tide will beat the last hopes of a decent season out of the team.  The genie has been out of the bottle for too long and all the magic is gone and Les Miles will be exposed as the pretender he always was.