There were a lot of strong takes to come out of Monday night's 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship game following No. 1 Indiana's

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College GameDay: Timing of Nick Saban retirement was ‘genius,’ beat death of blue-blood depth

During his introductory press conference, new LSU head coach Lane Kiffin only hinted at the career advice he received from legendary Alabama coach

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Lane Kiffin reveals advice from Nick Saban sealed decision to leave Ole Miss for LSU

Nick Saban will be the subject of a new ESPN documentary series. Saban will include more than 30 hours of interviews as well as exclusive access, the

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ESPN announces documentary series on Nick Saban's life, coaching career

Nick Saban understands what Curt Cignetti is going through. Before Saban took over at Alabama in 2007, the program had failed to post a winning

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Nick Saban compares Indiana success to Alabama, warns Curt Cignetti about next step

Nick Saban said the modern era of college football benefits the Big Ten the most out of all of the conferences. With the transfer portal and NIL the

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Nick Saban trolls Big Ten, provides hilarious reason they have NIL advantage

SAN ANTONIO - With his decision just now announced, Taven Epps of Tustin, Calif. is officially a member of the Sooners 2027 class. And while many

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OU football lands All-American that could anchor their future defense

Late in the first half of the Fiesta Bowl, Ole Miss got a field goal to cut the Miami lead to 17-13. Although the Hurricanes won the game to advance

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Mario Cristobal jabs Nick Saban over Miami clock management in 1st half of Fiesta Bowl

On Thursday, 10-seed Miami defeated 6-seed Ole Miss 31-27 to advance to the national championship for the first time since 2001. During halftime of

CBS Sports analyst Bryant McFadden believes that LSU should take a Hail Mary shot to bring Nick Saban back to the bayou. 

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Nick Saban on Miami making national championship: 'The U is back'

In past years I’ve presented two types of teams that we’ve seen be able to win in the college football playoff. Since they expanded the playoff

NCAA Football: Indiana at Oregon

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Previewing the college football semifinals

The College Football Playoff semifinal is about to kick off. There, Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti has his team in unfamiliar territory,

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Nick Saban questions interest Curt Cignetti would have in leaving Indiana for NFL jobs

Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban weighed in on the Crimson Tide’s blowout loss to No. 1 Indiana in the Rose Bowl on Wednesday, during his weekly

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Nick Saban weighs in on Kalen DeBoer, Alabama's Rose Bowl loss to Indiana

Second-year Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer remains a controversial figure among the diehard Crimson Tide fanbase after back-to-back four-loss

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Nick Saban defends Alabama hiring Kalen DeBoer amid College Football Playoff success of former assistant coaches

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – It was akin to a budding filmmaker shadowing Steven Spielberg for a year.  Or maybe a first-year medical student scrubbing in for

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Four Nick Saban disciples chase college football's top prize

Will Muschamp has quickly been pretty busy in the transfer portal working to add pieces to the Longhorn defense for the 2026 season. One of the first

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What Muschamp's transfer portal moves say about his plan for the Texas defense

It was a great New Year's Eve for Mario Cristobal. His Miami Hurricanes took down Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl to move on to the semifinal of the

Nick Saban, Mario Cristobal trade jabs over Miami play-calling in Cotton Bowl win over Ohio State

Although it entered the game as the biggest underdog of the College Football Quarterfinal round, No. 10 Miami shocked the world and downed defending

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Nick Saban declares Miami 'the real deal' after College Football Playoff win over Ohio State in Cotton Bowl

Even Nick Saban was surprised by the sheer physicality of Indiana's defense during its 13-10 win over defending national champion Ohio State in the

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Nick Saban shares lack of run, 'physicality' concern for Ty Simpson, Alabama vs. Indiana

Nick Saban recently stood on the first tee when one of his regular golfing buddies, a diehard Alabama fan, surprised him with a bold take: "We should

Nick Saban: 'People still don't have the proper respect for Indiana'

Nick Saban went on a lengthy rant about the state of college sports, claiming he had all the answers. But, the former Alabama coach said “nobody will

Nick Saban goes on long rant about state of college sports: 'I got it figured out, nobody will listen'

Nick Saban is a big fan of the Kyle Whittingham hire at Michigan following a long tenure at Utah. Saban acknowledged it wasn’t the best possible

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Nick Saban evaluates Michigan hire of Kyle Whittingham

With Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline being named Alex Golesh's successor at USF, head coach Ryan Day will be calling plays for the

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Nick Saban explains how Ohio State will be impacted by Ryan Day taking playcalling duties from Brian Hartline

Just in the 2025 season alone, Kalen DeBoer has seen his perception as the head coach at Alabama go through some rapid changes. A Week 1 loss left

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Paul Finebaum explains how Rose Bowl loss would impact Alabama fans' perception of Kalen DeBoer

Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti is preparing for the biggest game of his career. But this week he took time to reflect on one of the most pivotal,

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Curt Cignetti reveals what Nick Saban said to him about taking IUP job

Ty Simpson opened up on why he chose to stay at Alabama after Nick Saban’s retirement, rather than enter the NCAA transfer portal. It seems to have

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Ty Simpson explains decision to stay at Alabama after Nick Saban retirement

Nick Saban doesn’t plan on fading quietly into retirement. Instead, the 74-year-old coaching legend is bringing his blueprint for building winning

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Current Pos.

Head Coach

Salary

$11,407,000

Age

74

Alma Mater

Kent State / 1973

Hometown

Fairmont, WV