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Forget about the satellite camps. Focus on the potential for a dream matchup between Alabama and Michigan with coaches Nick Saban and Jim Harbaugh Scott Oberg Jersey , instead.MORE: Saban and Harbaugh kicked off summer with back-and-forth jabs about satellite camps this week. You know what happened by now. Saban spoke out against the camps, Harbaugh on Twitter and Saban responded by , I don't really care what he thinks or tweets.""Amazing" to me- Alabama broke NCAA rules & now their HC is lecturing us on the po sibility of rules being broken at camps. Truly "amazing." Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) Saban cares a little bit about Harbaugh barn-storming around half the country at those camps, however, or he wouldnt have said anything in the first place.STEELE: Predictably, we're eatingthis up.We speculate about how much Harbaugh gets under Saban's skin, chastise Harbaugh for trying to put himself in the same cla s as the five-time national champion and entrench ourselves with our beliefs on, of all things, a summer football camp for high school kids.What comes next? ESPN College GameDay personality Kirk Herbstreiton Thursday morningsaid it David Dahl Jersey best on SportsCenter."It's almost like a WWE feud,"Herbstreit said. I just want to see these two teams play, whether it's a bowl game, the playoffs this year. How much fun would it be to see Nick Saban go up against Jim Harbaugh with their two teams this year?"MORE: Sign up here.This isnt like a WWE feud. It feels more like from King Arthur, when Arthur finally meets the Saxon king Cedric. They say things like, "I fight for a cause beyond your understanding, and, "finally, a man worth killing."Insert the coach speak, instead, (nobody will die if they play)and thats kind of how mythical the buildup to a potential matchup would be. You get the feeling both coaches want this, even if they stick with the whole one-game-at-a-time-thing in public. Fans of both schools might want this one, too, if it keeps up. They both believe their coach is Arthur.It's not the matchup that would save college football the sport is fine. Its not even the best coaching matchup in college football right now. Thats still Saban vs. Urban Meyer, who led Ohio State to a 42-13 win against Michigan in Ann Arbor last year.Harbaugh needs to beat Meyer before he can even think about Saban. But weve seen Saban vs. Meyer four times, and theres a good chance well see that one again.Those two have eight national championships between them.MORE: Harbaughs persona brings something different to the table. He is page views and eyeballs. He has become the dominant personality in college football, somehow bigger than Saban and Meyer. Fans enjoy watching Michigan lose remember the reaction to the Chris Iannetta Jersey punt fumble against Michigan State as much as they enjoy watching Alabama lose. If these two ever cro s paths, somebody goes down.Michigan went down the last time these teams last met, in a top-10 showdown in 2012. Alabama e sentially knocked Michigan into a three-year coma in a 41-14 beatdown in the season opener at Jerry World. The Wolverines were never the same under Brady Hoke; not until Harbaugh arrived.Those who think Harbaugh would wilt at the mere sight of Ian Desmond Jersey Saban should look at the 2012 NFL regular-season matchup against New England and Bill Belichick. Harbaugh-led San Francisco jumped out to a 31-10 lead after three quarters in Foxborough before holding off a Tom Brady rally for a41-34 victory.If Michigan gets to the College Football Playoff, that means they will have beaten Michigan State and Ohio State. That also means they would have a team capable of playing with the Crimson Tide.Would Alabama fans prefer a rematch with Meyer or a shot at Harbaugh given the choice? Saban has beaten Bob Stoops, Mack Brown, Les Miles, Brian Kelly and Dabo Swinney to clinch national championships. Would a win against Harbaugh trump all those victories?Its a matchup that might never happen keep in mind Saban turns 65 in October. Conference championships and playoff matchups are tough to predict, and a lot of things have to happen for dream matchups like these to materialize. Yet the SEC and Big Ten have enough bowl ties to make that happen should both teams mi s the Playoff.Still, the bigger the stage, the better this would be. Alabama and Michigan have combined to claim 27 national championships. Imagine them playing for the next one.MORE: In the meantime, well be left with back-and-forth jabs. There will Kyle Freeland Jersey be more. Both of these coaches are too opinionated not to. If its not satellite camps, they will find something else to talk about.Wed just love to see them settle it on the field. Herbstreit is right in that regard. Its always the best way to settle a disagreement.Can we make that happen as soon as po sible?