(CNN) -- Back in 2005, when he stopped studying third down tendencies long enough to work on a motivational self-help book, Nick Saban kept hammering on one phrase. The book's title was "How Good Do You Want to Be? A Champion's Tips on How to Lead and Succeed at Work and in Life." The phrase the University of Alabama's football coach was stuck on was mercifully shorter. "Eliminate the clutter." The clutter is you. The clutter is me. The clutter is this story, another horn in the vast media brass section trumpeting a college football game taking on Homeric proportions.
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No. 1 LSU faces No. 2 Alabama Saturday in college football game of the year
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Alabama coach Nick Saban has coached both teams to national championsips
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Saban has angered some with his ugly departures from previous coaching jobs
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Saban is only coach to take two different schools to college football's BCS championship
SI.com: LSU vs. @placeholder really does mean everything to some, and that's OK