Fired up Nick Saban loses it on the official, gets unsportsmanlike conduct penalty call
Nick Saban got fired up in the fourth quarter of Friday’s Playoff semifinal against Notre Dame.
Up 31-7 with just over 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Saban went off on the official following a Patrick Surtain interception in which he was out of bounds. The camera caught Saban lighting up the official on the field, and the official on the sideline threw the flag.
We’re not sure we’ve ever heard and official call an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on “the Alabama head coach” or any head coach, but that’s what happened.
Check this out:
Alabama down late and Saban is losing his cool! pic.twitter.com/fUS3lwClRu
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) January 2, 2021
The penalty gave Notre Dame additional yards, and the Irish eventually scored a touchdown to cut the Alabama lead to 31-14.
What did he do? It looked fairly unremarkable unless he accidentally bumped into the referee.
Whose conference refs were calling it? That’s all you need to know because those refs from other conferences will screw Bama in a heartbeat.
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UGA game was ACC. If anyone cares…
The caption in the video says Bama was down late. Did I misread the score somewhere???
No the headline is wrong. It was rather late in the game and Bama was in no danger of losing.
That ref got his feelings hurt and decided to be a big man and call a penalty. Never seen a personal foul called on a head coach.
No, that’s not what happened.
Did he call him the Alabama head coach? A certain Saban lackey who thinks it’s 1950 will be crying like a baby because he didn’t call him “Coach Saban.”
Ref called it on “Alabama Head Coach”. Followed by a “long” camera shot of Saban.
Lol. All that scene needed was for a duck to pop up and scream Aflac!
12-0>8-4
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The young “reporter” called him Saban, not coach, not Nick, just Saban. Trying to be a smart azz at a press conference
Does anyone know what Saban was mad about? I never saw anything.
Just saw that he was yelling at a linebacker that didn’t drop in coverage correctly. He was called for being on the field during a live play. Saban said it was a rule but seemed a little mystified by the call.
Thanks guys. That is what it looked like to me but I figured it was an official. I have never seen a coach flagged for yelling at his own player.
It was after the whistle. Play was over.
It sure seemed like an odd call to say the least. A head coach yelling at his players…kinda normal in games.
He was yelling at a Bama player.. The ref walked past behind him and threw the flag..
Nicks tired of getting all these bad calls against the tide .. he wants some makeup calls in the the title game
It said alabama down late? What game he watching? Bama had this gameon ice from pregame warmup
It also said Saban loses on official which isn’t true either..
You expect an SDS writer to be accurate? You expect at least some editing ? Obviously you haven’t been reading this site for long. Its pretty much high school newspaper quality here
That’s an insult to High School newspapers.
And if he hasn’t ever “seen, or heard, of a head coach being flagged”, he doesn’t watch much football. That isn’t even Coach Saban’s first flag. I thought THIS one was out of bounds, and I’m far from being a Saban fan. But, my Dad is a retired ref. Call it right, or don’t call it at all. REGARDLESS.
Clickbait title. He was yelling at one of his players.
This is the same reaction Nick has when he catches kids playing in his yard.