I think that old adage is appropriate here: you don’t want to be the guy to replace Saban - you want to be the guy who replaces the guy who replaced Saban.
I said it the night we played them this year. This year’s Michigan team was the best team I’ve seen play at our new stadium. So good in every phase (though their ST play was wobbly to poor the last two games). What a team.
Random, and a bit of a non sequitir, but that name conjured up a hilarious fictional character, Lola Hetherton, from the uber-talented Catherine O’ Hara on SCTV. She did a parody (homage?) of a 60’s/70’s sex kitten, Joey Heatherton.