<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Get The Picture]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Senator Blutarsky]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com/author/blutarsky/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t bury Nick, &#8217;cause he&#8217;s not dead&nbsp;yet.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s see how that &#8220;Stick a fork in Nick Saban, he&#8217;s done&#8221; narrative did <a href="https://www.sbnation.com/college-football-recruiting/2019/2/7/18214326/national-signing-day-results-winners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">yesterday</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>Oh, right. Bama finished with the No. 1 class, getting back to a perch it occupied seven years in a row before slipping slightly in 2018. The Tide lost two blue-chip commitments on Wednesday, and it didn’t come close to taking them out of the No. 1 ranking.</p></blockquote>
<p>In particular, take a look at the defensive line class Alabama signed for 2019.  It&#8217;s outrageously good.  Overall, the Tide signed 27 kids and only one of them, a kicker, had fewer than <del>three</del> four stars from the recruiting services.</p>
<p>All this in the face of a second straight year of enormous staff turnover.  And it didn&#8217;t matter.  Yeah, he&#8217;s really done.</p>
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