If unbeaten and top-ranked Alabama falls to Washington as a two-touchdown favorite in the College Football Playoff semifinal, it won't be because the Crimson Tide were unprepared.

Seattle sports radio host Dave Mahler said Wednesday that Nick Saban has requested every game from Chris Petersen's tenure at Boise State and Washington in gameplan prep for the Huskies.

Got this text from a coaching buddy of mine. Correct about the staff. It's huge! pic.twitter.com/66pxFc37PM — Dave Softy Mahler (@Softykjr) December 15, 2016

Anyone close to the Crimson Tide knows extensive film watching has been a formality during Saban's tenure and isn't necessarily surprising. Football staffers will try and pick up on tendencies and anything they may notice out of the ordinary when Washington lines up.

It's called being prepared.

Many of Petersen's "trick plays" came during his illustrious tenure with the Broncos. Boise State went 61-5 with current head coach Bryan Harsin as its offensive coordinator under Petersen and won two BCS bowl games.

In Boise, they're still talking about the trick plays used to beat Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl (2007).