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The Surprising Exit of Nick Saban and Impact on College Football
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1/11/2024
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Yeah, I was surprised at Saban too last night, but then when I thought about it a little
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more and you start to think about all the things he's been saying for the last two or
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three years, I think he clearly didn't like where this was all going with the portal and
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the NIL and all the money.
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You could tell he didn't like that aspect of where college football was headed.
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So I think that that kind of played into, we haven't heard from yet on a press conference
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or anything, but I think that that's probably, you won't admit it, but played into a little
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bit of why he's going.
00:32
This guy is, you know, without a doubt, and I've had my fair share of comments about him
00:39
over the years where the way he treats the media is what he needs.
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He treats them as he needs.
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If he needs something, he's your best friend.
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And if he doesn't need anything from you, he treats them like crap.
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You know, he plays two sides.
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But I'll say this, unequivocally, without even any doubt, he's the greatest, I think
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the greatest coach I've ever seen because he did it everywhere.
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He did it everywhere he's been.
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He won at Michigan State.
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They won 10 games at Michigan State.
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They've never, I mean, they won 10 once since.
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And then that coach got busted like sleeping with chicks or something.
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And that was the end of him.
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And then, but once in 30 years, they've done it, right?
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And they did it with him.
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He won a national championship at LSU.
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It took him three years.
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And then he went to Alabama and he won six national championships.
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And I don't think he ever once in the entire time he was there won less than 10 games.
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So he won 11 and 12 every time.
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And he went to the BCS, I don't know how many times.
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And he went to the college football playoff.
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I don't know how many times.
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I can't keep track.
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And he won six national championships.
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I put Belichick and him right there as the two greatest coaches that ever lived.
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