ESPN’s familiar ‘College GameDay’ crew tackled the topics of the SEC Championship Game, Sunday’s forthcoming College Football Playoff selection and other hot topics Saturday morning while previewing a full slate of conference championship games.
Former Alabama coach Nick Saban, outspoken as usual, decided to stick up for his Alabama Crimson Tide as they were shown on screen with a first round matchup as the 11th overall seed.
“This team right here has three wins over top-15 teams, but they lost some games they shouldn’t,” Saban said as he went to bat for the SEC powerhouse team he still advises.
Saban also issued an edict to college football coaches nationwide that some might view harhsly as a projected 12-team bracket was revealed.
Saban warned college football coaches that he doesn’t feel there’s any room for complaining this season given the outsized nature of the College Football bracket, one year after coach Mike Norvell’s undefeated Florida State was left out of the four-team playoff in honor of his Crimson Tide, who lost in the Rose Bowl game to Michigan in an all-time classic.
“There is not one coach in the country that should complain about the fact that they don’t get in the playoffs because the people that did not get in the playoffs, regardless of who they are, did not take care of business,” Saban said on GameDay.