It’s no secret that Nick Saban has arguably the greatest college football dynasty in the history of the sport.
The guy has won six National Championships for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and has made the College Football Playoff nearly every year since it came to existence in 2014.
However, ‘Bama has had a bit of a down year this season for their standards, going 10-2.
Needless to say, it looked like their College Football Playoff hopes were shot this season, until chaos broke out in the college football world over the past few weeks, giving ‘Bama a sliver of hope to get in.
With that being said, Saban made a bizarre surprise video appearance in the middle of the Big Ten Conference Championship game between Michigan and Purdue.
Of course, it’s incredibly odd considering he coaches in the SEC and not the Big Ten.
And the more bizarre part?
He pretty much spent the whole time vouching for why Alabama should be in the playoffs, saying:
“Well, I think the whole goal is to get the best teams in. What I would say to the committee or anyone else is if we played any of the teams that are on the edge of getting in, would we be the underdog, or would we be the favorite?
I think if you could answer that question and the goal is to get the best teams in, then you would say they belong in there. We lost 2 games on the road in a tough league to 2 top-10 teams, one top-5 team on the last play of the game.
We had our opportunities. We weren’t 100%, Bryce Young wasn’t 100%, he was injured in the mid-part of the season.”
You already know that there’s always been rumors that Alabama get favorable treatment in the college football world, and this definitely doesn’t help their case.
And of course, Twitter wasn’t too happy about it either:
Media – "there is no Bama privilege"
Also Media – "We now go live to the living room of Bama head coach Nick Saban where we will let him directly plead his case to the nation. No other coaches will be afforded this opportunity"
— 🍊🍊Capt'n Cornjuice🥃🥃 (@BoCamaro) December 4, 2022
Nick Saban begging on his hands and knees to be in the playoff pic.twitter.com/v1WG5lr9km
— Conan O’Brien’s illegitimate son (@pleasesueme) December 4, 2022
Nick Saban at halftime pic.twitter.com/yHQDL29FIL
— McNeil (@Reflog_18) December 4, 2022
Nick Saban out here selling his team like a used car salesman
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) December 4, 2022
Nick Saban and Alabama after Kansas State upsets TCU. pic.twitter.com/h2KpLQ089D
— Touchdown Alabama (@TDAlabamaMag) December 3, 2022
Nick Saban begging for the committee’s mercy on behalf of his two-loss Crimson Tide and crying about hypothetical Vegas point spreads is a nice little feather in our #StayAt4 cap
— Conference Commandos (@ConfCommandos) December 4, 2022
Nick Saban can go fuck himself after what he just said in that halftime interview.
— Pyro Jesus (@AbleMass) December 4, 2022
Why the hell is Nick Saban politicking for the CFB on the Fox halftime show?! 😂
— Damien Woody (@damienwoody) December 4, 2022
Nick Saban should not be given the opportunity to plead his case on National TV. Fuck that asshole.
— Just some guy from Altoona (@hawkfromnorwalk) December 4, 2022
Nick Saban: “I only talk about my team, I dont talk about other teams”
Proceeds to talk about when other teams lost in the season and ignores head to head vs Tennessee.
— Brutus Wayne™ (@BuckeyeBat) December 4, 2022
Why the fuck is Nick Saban on my tv begging like a little bitch
— Cyclone Larry (@CycloneLarry69) December 4, 2022
Of course, Nick’s pitch failed and Alabama will be held out of the College Football playoff for only the second time since the College Football playoff began in the 2014-2015 season.
Instead, last year’s champion Georgia will look to defend its title against TCU, Ohio State, and Michigan.
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF IS SET 🏆 pic.twitter.com/z9oEoor84W
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) December 4, 2022
