A place where college football teams like to spend NIL and rev-share dollars is a strength for Purdue and a building block for the future under Barry Odom.

Nick Saban was notorious for limiting his rotations on defense and playing his best defenders for a high percentage of snaps with very few breaks. In Saban's final five matchups against LSU from 2019-2023, Alabama never played more than 20 players on defense with as few as 17 in 2022.

Kane Wommack has not seen his Alabama football defense play faster than it did against LSU. The Crimson Tide defensive coordinator, reflecting on his unit's performance in a 20-9 win against LSU, one where Alabama did not allow a touchdown against an SEC opponent for the second time in two years,