Nick Saban wins Sports Emmy for Outstanding Emerging On-Air Talent for work at ESPN
"A lot of people helped contribute to learning how to do it."
"A lot of people helped contribute to learning how to do it."
Nick Saban questioned the need for a presidential commission on college football that he was reported to help lead.
Saban has spoke about NIL on Capitol Hill before.
Lobbying from Nick Saban and Tommy Tuberville apparently has President Donald Trump considering an executive order on NIL compensation.
"I feel like I'm the warmup band for The Rollings Stones."
The lifelong friends from West Virginia will come together on a book this fall.
"I think after a while, television wears everyone down. I think it will get to him as well."
"I tune (in) to gain knowledge and insight on college football, not to have profanity stuffed in my face by a former coach trying to be funny."
In a The Late Show with Stephen Colbert appearance, Brees made further comments contradicting a claim Nick Saban advanced this week.
"A little bit missing in this piece..."
"I thought he would be that same coach who’s yelling at Lane Kiffin and demanding perfection in everything we do."
"He's been able to overcome the naysayers and still get to the national championship game."
"He also taught us wins or losses; you still gotta be a pro and handle things a certain type of way."
"When did that happen? I didn't know anything about it."
Comedian Shane Gillis went viral for making fun of Nick Saban on College GameDay and it turns out the coach wasn't in on the joke.
"When it came down to it, they have a better roster, they rised to the occasion, they've been through some of these games before."
There's concerns about bias and his reluctance to leave his current, less stressful position.
"Living in my mother's basement."
Saban offered a surprise when asked to name his best moment from 2024.
"I should have fired their ass."
"Why would (the top) teams ever raise the others?"
The 73-year old has carved out a prominent media career in his post-coaching days.
"They’ve got a psychotic obsession with Michigan and they need to go get therapy or something to try to get it fixed."