Right? Four star recruit and ran for over 5,000 yards in high school. Odd hill to die on.
What an idiotic thing to say. Saban himself said ND should've been in over Bama.
Some hyperbole on Saban's part, but Jacobs' recruitment was weird. He was the leading HS rusher in Oklahoma as a senior yet got almost no attention. He didn't have an offer from OU or OSU or any other major program until VERY late in the recruiting process. Just completely off the radar. Bama discovered him by accident when an assistant went to his school looking at a different player and couldn't believe Jacobs was that good with no major offers at the time. I'm still not sure what happened with Jacobs and why he just wasn't on anyone's radar until the 11th hour. No attitude issues, decent grades, no injury history, nothing. Just slipped through the cracks until Bama discovered him. Sure turned out to be a great player.
In discussing the teams who did or didn't get in, he said there was one team who clearly deserved to be in and got left out, clearly referring to ND. He also said that two G5 teams were too many and seemed to indicate he thought that was the problem with ND not getting in, but he also did only the bare minimum in pushing for Bama to get in. While not directly saying it should've been ND over Bama, he indicated he felt so. As I've pointed out more than once, I and most of my Bama friends thought ND should've gotten in over us. I understand why the CFP committee did it, but I still disagree with them. I think Saban felt the same. I don't think his comment was intended as a shot at Harris... more a shot at recruiting experts.
The point is that he wasn't upset at Harris for saying it. He almost certainly agreed with him.
Feel free to research what he said for yourself, then.
Yeah, it's bizarre how some of the most vocal advocates for ND getting in over Bama are Bama legacies.
What's bizarre about it?
Because you'd think that Bama people would advocate FOR Bama, and not against their interests.
I get that, but those guys are also now sports pundits and are trying to be honest. I think Harris, Ingram, and Saban all love Alabama, but genuinely felt ND should've been in over us. Heck, I've been vocal about agreeing with that position, and most of my Bama friends thought we didn't really deserve to be in this year.
Satan was saying WEEKS before the end on the regular season on that fucked up Game Day show that ND was one of the top 5 teams in the country. And they finished out the remainder of the year with ALL wins by double digits. That's why I don't watch or trust any of those two-faced 'mutha fuckers' anymore ... Satan, Kirk CURBstreit (I hope all his fuckin' dogs die soon), Pat loud-mouth "douche bag" McAfee and former meatchicken Dick-head Howard. FUCK 'EM all!
Right. It's hard to understand. He wasn't from the middle of nowhere where nobody was looking. He wasn't 5'2" 135. He wasn't a bad student or had a criminal record or attitude issues. He was exactly what you're looking for in pretty much every way and nobody seemed to notice him until about 30 minutes before signing day. Worked out for him in the end.
That's a no brainer. Their last 3 regular season games before getting trounced by UGA in the SEC championship was losing to a lower ranked Sooner team AT HOME, beating a 3-9 FCS Eastern Fuckin' Illinois team AT HOME and then SURVIING in the last minutes at a below .500 Auburn team. Take Miami out of the picture if you want (that's another discussion regarding them being BEHIND by several places in the rankings over the prior weeks), but Bama in over ND was a raw fuckin' deal and ESPN and the CFP Committee fuck-heads should feel ashamed and go straight to hell.
Nick Saban airs frustration over Notre Dame being left out of CFP bracket
"There was one team left out," the former Alabama coach and ESPN analyst said on Sunday.www.nytimes.com
The ESPN analyst and seven-time national championship coach with LSU and Alabama was asked for his thoughts after the final two at-large spots went to Alabama and Miami, leaving the Fighting Irish out of the Playoff.
“I think the fact of the matter is, all three of those teams should have gotten in and deserve the right to play in the College Football Playoff,” Saban said. “… You’re going to have two teams in the playoff — no disrespect to the Group of 5 — that are nowhere near ranked as highly as some other teams that are much better than them.”
Nick Saban sends strong message on Notre Dame's College Football Playoff snub
Nick Saban addressed Notre Dame’s CFP snub and the selection process, adding fuel to a growing debate over the 12-team format.www.newsweek.com
On "The Pat McAfee Show" Thursday, Nick Saban, the seven-time national champion turned ESPN College GameDay analyst, questioned the playoff optics and criticized one of the CFP participants.
"Look, would we allow the winner of the AAA Baseball League, the International League, whatever they call it, I don't even know the name of it, would you let them in the World Series playoff? That's the equivalent of what we do when JMU gets into the College Football Playoff, and Notre Dame doesn't."
Nick Saban Had One Powerful Message for Marcus Freeman on College GameDay
Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame received high praise from one of the greatest coaches to ever do it on Monday night.www.si.com
Nick Saban was big on Notre Dame from the very start of the 2025 college football season. From the very first weekend of the year, Saban called Notre Dame a top five team nationally, and stood by that even after it lost at Miami.
On Monday night, Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman sat in as a guest analyst on College GameDay, and during the show, Saban took time to compliment Freeman and Notre Dame.
"You deserved to be in the playoffs," Saban said. "That's a playoff team."
You said something stupid and totally wrong. Don't get mad at me for pointing it out and backing it up with facts. Get mad at yourself for being wrong. You're mad and lashing out at people who have NOTHING to do with what you're upset about. Grow up.
