nick saban played defensive back at kent state.
nick saban played defensive back at kent state.
what position did nick saban play at kent state?
defensive back
in the 2011 season opener against kent state, lacy contributed 134 yards of offense, which were 76 receiving yards on three catches and 58 rushing yards on eight carries (an average of 7.3 yards per rushing carry). his 48-yard gain on a screen pass was the longest passing play of the game. asked in a post-game press conference if he had hit the "circle button" a few times in the game, lacy joked, "yeah, i did a few spin moves." "the birmingham news" wrote that lacy "ran more impressively" against kent state than the crimson tide's no. 1 running back, trent richardson. another commentator led his coverage of the kent state game with the headline, "lacy, not richardson, has look of heisman-caliber rb in game one." after the game, head coach nick saban noted, "eddie's a fast guy, an explosive guy." photographs of lacy hurdling over kent state defensive back calvin tiggle were published in news outlets across the united states and in europe, with one such image being chosen by yahoo sports as its lead "photo of the day."
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alabama came into saban's tenth season ranked #1 in the ap and coaches poll. 2016 was the ninth consecutive year alabama has been #1 during the season. in the first meeting since the 1985 aloha bowl, alabama dominated traditional power #20 usc, 52–6, in the advocare classic at arlington, texas. in the home opener, the tide took down western kentucky, 38–10. in the conference opener, alabama avenged their last two regular season losses, defeating #19 ole miss 48–43. the next week saban took on his alma mater kent state with a 48–0 shutout. on homecoming, alabama defeated kentucky 34–6. the next week saban picked up his 10th consecutive victory over arkansas winning 49–30. in the annual third saturday in october, alabama dominated #9 tennessee 49–10, to win its 10th in a row over the vols. in their second straight game versus a top 10 opponent, alabama defeated #6 texas a&m 33–14. after a bye week, the tide went to baton rouge to face #15 lsu. in a defensive slugfest, alabama shut out the tigers 10–0. the win gave saban his 200th win as a college head coach. the win was also alabama's sixth in a row over lsu and the first shutout over them since the 2012 bcs national championship game. the following week alabama defeated mississippi state 51–3. the win gave saban his ninth consecutive season winning 10 or more games. with a win by georgia over #9 auburn, the tide secured their fifth consecutive sec west division championship, seventh for saban at alabama, and 10th overall for his career. the next week the tide defeated fcs opponent chattanooga 31–3. in the iron bowl, saban secured an undefeated regular season by defeating in-state rival #16 auburn 30–12. this is alabama's third straight win over the tigers, the first time since 1990–1992. alabama finished its regular season 12–0 for the third time in saban's career at alabama and first since 2009. in the sec championship, alabama defeated #15 florida in a rematch of last season's title game 54–16. the win gave alabama its 26th sec title, 5th for saban at alabama and 7th overall for his career. alabama has won three straight conference championships for the first time since 1977–1979 and first three-peat since the championship game was added in 1992. alabama made the college football playoff for the third consecutive year and came in as the #1 seed for the second time. the tide was selected to play in the peach bowl against the #4 seed washington huskies. in the first meeting with the huskies since the 1986 sun bowl, alabama won 24–7. in a rematch of last season's national championship game, alabama fell short to #2 clemson 35–31 when the tigers scored on a game-winning touchdown pass with 1 second left on the clock. alabama failed to recover clemson's onside kick and time ran out. the loss snapped alabama's 26-game winning streak and was saban's first loss in a title game. the tide finished the season at 14–1.
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