Nick Saban left Alabama rather than fully embrace NIL. His successor, Kalen DeBoer, has no choice. A few weeks after his sudden retirement from college football in January, former Alabama coach Nick Saban used a roundtable with politicians in Washington to explain why he quit his job without actually saying it.

Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart won only one game against the Crimson Tide, but now takes the mantle as the game’s greatest active coach.

One problem: Saban accepted a job as a regular panelist with the GameDay crew shortly after he retired from coaching in January. He's been impressive in the role since the show's 2024 run began airing in Dublin, Ireland, where it debuted ahead of the Week Zero game between Georgia Tech and Florida State.