Since retiring from coaching college football, Nick Saban has been a delightful addition to ESPN’s College GameDay, and he’s showing off a side of his personality most people rarely got to see before.
He swears on air regularly, he roasted himself after Miss Terry beat his weekly picks, he’s honest about the College Football Playoff, he dressed up in the Nittany Lions mascot costume and he’s overall engaging to watch. And, of course, he still has plenty of critical thoughts for Alabama football.
For the first round of the College Football Playoff, GameDay is in two places: South Bend on Friday for the Indiana-Notre Dame game and then Columbus on Saturday ahead of the Tennessee-Ohio State game.
It was freezing, literally, at Notre Dame on Friday, so it’s no surprise that the GameDay crew was bundled up, which included Saban wearing an Indiana Jones-esque hat.
Nick Saban wasn't feeling his hat but the crowd disagrees 👏 pic.twitter.com/I5anVhdCCI
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) December 20, 2024
The GameDay crew and college football fans both at the ESPN set and online loved Saban’s look for the most part, and a few had some pretty solid jokes about what the former Alabama coach looked like, beyond Indiana Jones.
When in Indiana… pic.twitter.com/Wu3EdsDmwA
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) December 20, 2024
Who had Nick Saban cosplaying as Indiana Jones on their College GameDay bingo card for today? pic.twitter.com/nfMogXkHbq
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 20, 2024
Nick Saban 🤝 Indiana Jones pic.twitter.com/E3fhWMJkx6
— College Football Alerts (@CFBAlerts_) December 20, 2024
Alabama Jones https://t.co/69h0fG8Atr
— David Ubben (@davidubben) December 20, 2024
Indiana Jones wore one. -Nick Saban, probably pic.twitter.com/cuWDWDznvM
— Blake Dowell (@washboardabs72) December 20, 2024
Saban playing homage to Indiana Jones @CollegeGameDay #collegegameday pic.twitter.com/mRtoaw3Q63
— Keith Jouganatos (@KeithJouganatos) December 20, 2024
Coach is looking like Jake from Rescuers Down Under https://t.co/pQ7pVNZSGH pic.twitter.com/giPNadr4ru
— haley (@haley_darling) December 20, 2024
Indiana Saban. pic.twitter.com/P4KQhEJb8d
— Michael Casagrande (@ByCasagrande) December 20, 2024
If Disney ever wants to make another Indiana Jones movie, Nick Saban would be a great option! https://t.co/YP5eGCfxaO
— Jack Veltri (@Jacktveltri) December 20, 2024
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Starring Nick Saban) pic.twitter.com/XOyCag8kpu
— AJ Spurr (@SpurrFM) December 20, 2024
Coach is about to find the Ark of the Covenant https://t.co/GXFCZHJn0L
— Fred Bear Bulldog™️ (@BulldogTCOB) December 20, 2024
Saban been watching too much Indiana Jones lately pic.twitter.com/hS7g0Bda9X
— Big C (@its_bigc) December 20, 2024
Saban in his Indiana Jones hat speaking truth 💯 https://t.co/85TmageErP
— Shannon Louise (@slb07291975) December 20, 2024
Nick Saban in the Indiana Jones fedora in the all-Indiana CFP first round game. Who knew coach was so cheeky pic.twitter.com/naI0siZqos
— East Asian Library Lover (@Unit3Veteran) December 20, 2024
bro think he a mob boss https://t.co/UTaVap6U4g
— Lime Volcano 🧀 (10-4) (@VolcanicKraft) December 20, 2024
Nick Saban looks like he’s about to solve a string of bank robberies in 1972 pic.twitter.com/v6ltut2FSX
— Pat (@CatPlark) December 20, 2024
Horrific day to be a mystery with Nick Saban rocking this lid pic.twitter.com/xvMzIMZKP8
— J.D. PicKell (@jdpickell) December 20, 2024
