Roll Tide Again For Chris Samuels

BCS Champion Alabama Crimson Tide recruited Chris Samuels for a second run in his college career, this time as the assistant offensive line coach on Nick Saban's staff. WaPOST's Mike Jones broke the story on The Insider yesterday. Samuels, a fan favorite and six-time Pro Bowler for the Washington Redskins, was named a first team All-America and first team All-SEC selectee for the Crimson Tide. He won the 1999 Outland Trophy presented annual to the best college offensive lineman. “I learned a lot from the Redskins and the Shanahans,” Samuels added. “They taught me a lot about how to shift different personnel groupings in, setting up plays, different concepts in the passing game...I thought it would be easy to do all that, but it’s not....Now to go up to Alabama, they’re very successful coaches, and coach Saban is one of the hot coaches around. It’s definitely going to be a blessing for me.” Shanahan and Saban? Not Gibbs and Bugel? Gibbs and Buges link to Samuels playing d...