For a while there, you had to admit that LSU fans had a point. 
Who would want to see the coach that raised up your program to the highest level leave and then come back and do the same with a rival?
Of course LSU fans were upset that Nick Saban was back in the SEC West, and guiding the Alabama Crimson Tide no less. 
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