Nick Saban trolled for recent comments after Vanderbilt upsets Alabama
Nick Saban went on the Pat McAfee Show on Sept. 20 and said the only venue in the SEC that was not hard to play in as a visitor was Vanderbilt. “When you play at Vanderbilt, you have more fans there than they have,” the former Tide head coach said.
Fifteen days later, Saban’s old program went on the road to face Vanderbilt and lost 40-35. Days after beating Georgia at home to ascend to the No. 1 team in the country. Days after being penciled in as a lock for the College Football Playoff. Days after answering the doubters of the Kalen DeBoer regime, Alabama tripped and landed smack on its face in Nashville.
And now Saban has egg on his face.
Scenes inside FirstBank Stadium were electric when the game went final. Fans stormed the field. The goalposts were torn down. And the backdrop to the pandemonium? Saban’s comments.
NO WAY#Vandy played this quote from Nick Saban after the upset over Alabama:
“The only place that’s not hard to play in the SEC is Vanderbilt.” pic.twitter.com/QDfGufSQol
— Billy Derrick (@billyderrick10) October 5, 2024
The Crimson Tide did not lose to Vanderbilt at any point during Nick Saban’s tenure. The Commodores scored just 3 combined points in their final 3 games against the coach. Vandy was 0-10 all-time against AP No. 1 teams and 0-60 in program history against AP top 5 teams.
But that’s all ancient history now. Now, the Crimson Tide are left reeling a bit. While Saturday’s defeat was their first loss of the season and it probably won’t disqualify them from the College Football Playoff, an extensive autopsy should be done to figure out what has gone wrong in the last 6 quarters of play.
Alabama’s defense was repeatedly gashed in the second half against Georgia, and it could not produce stops at any point on Saturday against Vanderbilt. The ‘Dores scored on 6 of their 8 possessions before a 7-play drive that killed off the clock at the end of the game.
Saban was a good administrator. He was not a good judge of character. Neither was he a good coach. The NFL proved that.
He doesn’t suspend players for hitting women. He lost my respect for letting Burton “defend himself” lmao.
Well in Burton’s case, he was afraid so…
Let’s see, if only there was a good way to measure success as a coach… how about National Championships? Ya think? What s rotten take. Saban was an excellent college coach and a poor NFL coach.
Saban was just setting up Kalen DeBoer and questioning why he is being paid $10M to lose to Vandy.
Why does Saban have egg on his face?
He never lost to Vandy.
Exactly
Commented about this on another article. Saban was always gonna cast a big shadow, but this is a bad look.
Smart: It’s hard to win on the road in the SEC.
Saban: Well except at Vanderbilt.
DeBoer: Wait, what?
So, are we now saying Vandy is no slouch?
Saban does NOT have egg on his face. Vandy winning doesn’t change the fact that the opponent of Vandy usually brings more fans to their stadium. At no other stadium in the SEC does this occur.
It wasn’t the venue that beat Alabama, over half the crowd was Bama fans. It was the team wearing the different jersies.