I'm not going to be the Alabama coach. What? I shouldn't even have to comment on this. I think I've said this over and over and over again.

That was 17 years ago today. Happy anniversary Nick Saban who continues to this day to be the Alabama coach and he would later explain that the whole

idea was they had games left to be played he didn't want to create a

distraction he wasn't sure what was going to happen.

There are different ways to maneuver yourself through that minefield,

then to make the kind of absolute statement that makes you eventually look like an absolute liar.

Even though I don't believe he was lying in that moment,

it ultimately becomes one of the great sound bites of all time because here we are in the year 2023 going on 2024

Nick Savant continues to be and has been since just a couple of weeks after he said what he said the Alabama coach and he's done a great job

You great you think it's been kind of great was lost. Yeah, they were lost right they were nothing they were just like they tried to hire rich

Rodriguez that year. Geez that's right. Good thing that didn't work out.

Rich Rodriguez was plan A to Nick Savant.

How about that?

I just think when they didn't get Rodriguez,

they decided, let's really load the cannon here.

Let's go all out.

Let's try to get, because all year long in 2006, and we were reporting this at PFT back in the old days.

Sabin was miserable. I kept hearing it over and over again. He's miserable in Miami.

His wife doesn't like the pro game, they like the college game better, and he's miserable.

Yeah. And there came the opportunity to become the Alabama coach and he took it.

Yeah, well, he made the right decision he did I mean you know that was of

course he had won a national championship at LSU he goes to Miami for a

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