Urban Meyer rates Nick Saban as one of his ‘Coaches of the Week’ after SEC’s Week 9
By Sydney Hunte
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Nick Saban won’t be on the sideline for Alabama in its annual Iron Bowl matchup with Auburn on Saturday due to a coronavirus diagnosis.
The Tide lost last year to the Tigers to see their College Football Playoff hopes fully extinguished. This year, though, they are ranked No. 1 in the initial Playoff rankings unveiled on Tuesday with a game against Arkansas remaining on their regular-season schedule after Saturday. There’s also one against LSU that remains to be scheduled.
On Thursday, FOX college football analyst Urban Meyer unveiled his “Coaches of the Week”, putting Saban at No. 3 behind Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald and Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell. The Crimson Tide’s offense has been clicking all season long, but their defense appears to be rounding into form as it has allowed just 20 points in its previous 3 games.
That’s a far cry from a unit that gave up 48 points to Ole Miss on Oct. 10, and a possible warning sign to the rest of the country if they are indeed able to make the Playoff as expected.
🔥 @NUFBFamily sweeps the top Head Coach and Coordinator award in @CoachUrbanMeyer‘s coaches of the week! pic.twitter.com/CwyNVvKEuE
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 26, 2020
Alabama and Auburn kick off from Tuscaloosa on Saturday at 2:30 pm CT on CBS.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
