Former Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban has been lauded as a valuable addition to the crew of ESPN's beloved pre-game show "College GameDay" for his insightful analysis. The former Bama coach has also shown a fun side as an analyst famously donning the Penn State mascot suit during the Nittany Lions' Week 10 clash against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Saban had a new look on Friday when the "College GameDay" crew set up shop in South Bend for the first-round game between the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the No. 10 Indiana Hoosiers. To battle the cold elements, the former coach wore an Indiana Jones-style hat which went viral on various social media platforms.
Nick Saban's daughter, Kristen, came to the rescue of college football fans wanting to know where the retired coach got his hat from. She posted links on her Instagram stories to websites selling the hat.
She captioned the pictures of the all-season crushable hats:
"Nick the influencer. Don't y'all worry, you already know I'm making a roundup of hats with links for you. Posting soon!
"Comes in several colors. Nick is wearing size large."
Nick Saban bites back on College GameDay
During Friday's segment of ESPN's "College GameDay," comedian Shane Gillis was chosen as the celebrity guest picker and ruffled a few feathers on the set.
"With Notre Dame it's always like, 'Here's the big game, let's hopefully win it,'" Gillis said. "This feels, feels different. It feels like we can win it. There's some parody. Now that everybody can pay their players, Notre Dame has a shot. It's not just the SEC, it's not just Coach [Nick] Saban."
Saban bit back at the comedian with a measured response to his barb.
"I do believe in integrity," Saban said. "I just tried to run the program that way so players had a better chance to be successful in life. We made more money in the NFL than any other school. Sixty-one players in the league. That was how we cheated. We developed players."
While Saban has shown a more free-spirited side on the set of "College GameDay," he reminded everyone on Friday that he can still be the stern coach everyone feared at Alabama.
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