College Football Playoff Quotes

I know how great Alabama is. I know how great Coach Nick Saban is, and I enjoy being around his program. I will continue to enjoy being around his program.

I wanted to win an SEC championship and a national championship. Those are the main goals.

The Heisman Trophy is such a special award.

I needed Nick Saban more than I needed Pete Carroll.

I would say from top to bottom, the SEC is strongest. Every now and then, another conference is going to have a great number one team. But week in and week out, having to play a really tough schedule that's preparing you for the post­season, there's no better conference than the SEC.

It's Alabama. They've been the powerhouse. The face of college football.

How can you rank BYU No. 1? Who'd they play - Bo Diddley Tech?

When you start using terms like national championship and playoffs, that's very rare air.

When you logically think about it, what the BCS people have done, which obviously we're all part of it, I think it was great for a while. I think it took an imperfect system and did the best you can without a playoff.

I think when they put together this College Football Playoff, I think you... do you play a light schedule and put everything into your conference championship? That's not what I'm feeling across the country. They want to make every game important, which they have.

Not many people do what Jameis Winston did: first year as a starter winning a national championship, only one loss in his two years as a starter. He's got great charisma. He's polarizing for some people, but he's a rare talent.

If you are an Oklahoma football fan, you have one of the best football programs in the nation.

I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.

I love college football. I've been involved with college football since 1953. That's a long time as a player, coach and 30 years in television.

If Alabama were 8-4, they'd still be dominating the conversation.