Cover Story: No need to fear the 'panic pendulum' despite loss to Tide

When it comes to college football, momentum is fleeting.

Season-to-season, week-to-week and even possession-to-possession, perhaps in no other sport can something as simple as a single snap, a single play call, a single recruiting win/loss or a single half feel like it carries so much weight.

Jimbo Fisher oftentimes refers to “fighting for those inches,” and that's really applicable to every aspect of the sport we all love and — sometimes — love to hate.