... have moved "into thin air." They are well beyond base camp and have bypassed all other climbers. Like scaling Everest, supplemental oxygen and a veteran guide are helpful the complete a journey to the peak.

There is no turning back. The only problem for both teams; there is only room for one team at the Summit.

Coaches Mack Brown and Nick Saban, along with their many assistants, have done and continue to do what they can to prepare their team for the climb past "Hillary's Step." But the path to the apex at the top of the world is single file.

As Saban told his troops in the meeting that followed the SEC Championship, "there are 32 days between the SEC Championship victory and the National Championship game. How you manage you...

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