NICK SABAN AND THE REST OF THE 2025 COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS. The 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class is full of bi

Legendary former coach Nick Saban was surprised with the news of his induction to the College Football Hall of Fame on Friday. The announcement came during Saban's appearance on the ESPN pregame show leading up to the Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal between Texas and Ohio State.

Oregon's reward for winning the Big Ten this season and emerging as the nation's lone unbeaten entering the College Football Playoff was a quarterfinal date with Ohio State. Former Alabama coach and ESPN analyst Nick Saban doesn't believe that was fair for the Ducks and coach Dan Lanning.

One year to the day of retiring his post from Alabama football, coach Nick Saban was announced as the newest inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. Saban was named as the first inductee of the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class during ESPN's "College GameDay" before the College Football Playoff semifinal between Ohio State and Texas.

And despite Kirk Herbstreit and McAfee insisting that Saban loves the banter and was just joking, Gillis felt that Saban grew legitimately angry once he repeated the SEC joke and called the legendary head coach “Alabama Jones.” (Warning: The video contains strong language).

Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban has been high on the Ohio State Buckeyes since the College Football Playoff began. Saban, who blasted some Ohio State fans for their fury over the team's 13-10 loss to hated rival Michigan on Nov.

Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Michael Vick and Michael Strahan headline the 22-member College Football Hall of Fame 2025 class

The former Alabama, LSU, Michigan State and Toledo head coach will soon be enshrined in college football history.

The Wild Card Round wasn't the most exciting NFL playoff weekend ever. Five of the six games were blowouts. I had high hopes coming in, and they very much went unfulfilled. I highly, highly doubt that happens again this weekend.

The National Football Foundation announced its 2025 Hall of Fame class on Wednesday, which includes four coaches and 18 players.

Real-mad or play-mad? Either way, the tense confrontation between the Hall of Fame coach and superstar comedian was a win for all involved.

Alabama is also the state that tried to derail my grasp on the English language. While living in Birmingham, I heard phrases like: It came a frog strangler (It’s going to rain), over yonder (Over there), bless your heart (Can be used as an insult or a way to show empathy).