won national championships (with four of the first five winning multiple titles; the jury's still out on the last two), but only 3 of the preceding 11 classes from other schools have managed even one championship -- Texas class of 2002 (2005), and Florida classes of 2003 (2006) and 2007 (2008). Only 2 other classes even played in championship games -- Southern Cal class of 2005 (2005) and LSU class of 2009 (2011).

The thought that Saban once wanted to coach at ND, and that ND had at least 2 potential opportunities to hire him (after the 1999 and 2004 seasons), makes me want to commit harakiri, or at least Harry Caray.

To explain: ND should've fired Boob after the disastrous 0-4 finish to the terrible 5-7 season in 1999. That was the year Saban jumped from MSU to LSU. And December 2004, when ND hired Weis to replace Willingham, was the same month in which the Dolphins lured Saban away from LSU. From all appearances, ND made zero effort on either occasion. F.