ELITE Nick Saban stories, Alabama's standard + ex-player on CFB evolution with Damien Harris

Until Saturday: A show about college football

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🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Former stud Alabama running back and NFL vet Damien Harris joins Chris Vannini on today's show! Damien opens up about how his family and newborn son have helped him weather his difficult transition out of the NFL following a scary injury last season with the Buffalo Bills. He also weaves some hilarious and insightful stories about Nick Saban, his former coach. Damien opines on NIL, the transfer portal, EA Sports College Football 25, the NFL and Bill Belichick and more. Lastly, Chris tests Damien's knowledge of his career in a game of trivia. Who's the Big Ten dark horse? Sign up for our FREE newsletter to answer future Questions of the Day: https://theathletic.com/newsletters/until-saturday Rundown: - Damien Harris on the end of his NFL career and family (1:00) - What was Damien's reaction to Saban's retirement? (4:00) - Crimson Tide's epic RB room with Derrick Henry, Josh Jacobs, et. al (12:00) - Why didn't you transfer? (14:00) - Kalen DeBoer & expectations in Tuscaloosa (17:00) - Clemson battles & hate (23:00) - Favorite memory from college (26:30) - Death of amateurism & how would Damien have navigated NIL, player compensation (29:00) - EA Sports College Football 25 (38:30) - Transfer portal's impact (45:30) - Texas, Oklahoma transition to the SEC (47:00) - Bill Belichick impressions + NFL experience (53:00) - Damien Harris trivia (58:30) Call/text the Until Saturday phone and leave us a question for a future mailbag and/or Sunday Sound-Off podcast: (316) 462-9852 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.7	edition of the podcast. I am joined here by former Alabama, New England Patriots
0:53.1	and Buffalo Bills running back Damien Harris.
0:56.4	We're gonna talk about his time in Alabama, the NFL,
0:59.4	and kind of the state of college football
1:01.1	and how things have changed even since he was a player but first
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1:14.3	And with that we will welcome in the two-time national champion
1:18.4	former all-SCC running back.
1:20.4	Alabama's all-time yards per carry leader and an up on veteran.
1:25.0	Well, it's what it says on your bio at least I looked it up on the Alabama page.
1:30.0	So maybe I don't I don't think it's changed.
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