Nick Saban offers ‘public apology’ for 2024 comments about Vanderbilt
By David Wasson
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It isn’t often that former Alabama coach Nick Saban is wrong about anything related to college football, but when he is it tends to be in spectacular fashion.
In his first year of retirement from the Crimson Tide in 2024, Saban infamously uttered this phrase on The Pat McAfee Show…
That, of course, backfired on Saban in a huge way when the Commodores shocked then-No. 1 Alabama 40-35 in Nashville – leaving the former Alabama coaching legend with plenty of egg on his face, including Vandy playing his quote on its videoboard seconds after the upset victory.
A year later, Saban was on the ESPN College GameDay set in Tuscaloosa hours before No. 10 Alabama faces No. 16 Vanderbilt (3:30 pm ET, ABC) and offered his best mea culpa.
“I want [to give] a public apology for saying that,” Saban said with a laugh while on set on The Quad in Tuscaloosa.
Saban wasn’t completely wrong about playing the Commodores in Nashville, as Alabama is 29-14-2 all-time against Vandy on the road. Alabama’s record against Vandy at home is even better, as the Tide sports a 32-5-2 record against the Commodores when they are the visiting team.
Saturday’s game is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. He also hosts Gulfshore Sports with David Wasson, weekdays from 3-5 pm across Southwest Florida and on FoxSportsFM.com. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
