Nick Saban’s ideas about something faculty soccer is taken as truth given his illustrious head teaching profession, however particularly when the subject entails the Southeastern Conference the place his Alabama Crimson Tide play.
During an look on the SEC Network’s “SEC Now” present Monday, Saban spoke a couple of newcomer to the convention — the Texas Longhorns.
Many imagine the Longhorns, who can have quarterback Quinn Ewers returning into head coach Steve Sarkisian’s scheme, may run the SEC like they did within the Big 12 final yr.
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However, Saban thinks a lot in another way.
“What type of tickles me is all these individuals asking these questions on how Texas at all times ran the convention they had been in,” Saban mentioned. “They’re not gonna run the SEC.
“They’ll be a very good workforce and an awesome program and Sark will do an awesome job, however that’s not going to be an issue.”
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Saban didn’t elaborate an excessive amount of extra on the subject, however faculty soccer followers perceive the place he’s coming from, nonetheless.
SEC faculties have lengthy produced a few of the greatest expertise in faculty soccer yearly, and when the College Football Playoff is about, there’s often one or two faculties from the convention represented.
Quarterback Quinn Ewers #3 of the Texas Longhorns throws down subject in opposition to the Oklahoma State Cowboys within the first half of the Big 12 Championship at AT&T Stadium on December 2, 2023 in Arlington, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
The Longhorns, although, are a squad that made it into the College Football Playoff final yr, defeating Oklahoma State within the Big 12 title recreation to achieve it.
And Saban watched as his Crimson Tide misplaced to the Longhorns early within the season, 34-24. It was Texas’ solely SEC opponent in 2023.
However, 5 groups final yr had at the very least 10 wins within the SEC, showcasing simply how proficient and difficult this convention goes to be for the Longhorns and Oklahoma, who moved from the Big 12 as properly.
Texas went 12-2 final season, so Sarkisian probably has excessive expectations for his group whatever the transition to the SEC. While Ewers is again, he might be with out two of his prime receivers in Xavier Worthy and Adonai Mitchell, who had been drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts respectively.
Dec 31, 2023; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban on the Rose Bowl coaches press convention on the Sheraton Grand. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
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Meanwhile, Saban will not be on the sidelines with the Crimson Tide, as he surprisingly introduced his retirement after shedding to Michigan within the Rose Bowl. Saban’s media profession has now begun, however similar to he did as a coach, he is calling it like he sees it over a unique headset today.
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