One Alabama analyst made a strong judgement on whether or not Crimson Tide football coaching legend Nick Saban made the right decision stepping away a year ago today.

At 4 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, Nick Saban began a meeting with his Alabama football team, announcing a decision he’d made just minutes before. At 4:06 p.m., ESPN’s Chris Low tweeted the news to the masses.

From Darth Vader to college football's favorite uncle. The remarkable metamorphosis of Nick Saban from Alabama coach to ESPN personality.

A year ago today, Nick Saban stood at the end of a balance beam, metaphorically speaking. Exactly 6,216 sunrises after his most recent of a string of wobbly departures, the reality was hitting the 72-year-old. By sundown, he’d no longer be a football coach.

Penn State football coach James Franklin nominated Nick Saban as the commissioner of college football last week. Saban joked about it on 'GameDay':

The challenges that would await a commissioner would be plentiful in a new era that the NCAA has struggled to navigate.

Nick Saban is exactly where he should be. Not roaming the sidelines and finding a way to navigate a 12-team College Football Playoff. Not dealing with NIL contracts and unscrupulous middlemen.

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Lights, camera…audio issues. ESPN’s flagship program, College GameDay, got off to a rocky start in its’ pregame coverage of the Orange Bowl between Notre Dame and Penn State,

Coverage for the highly-anticipated Orange Bowl clash between Notre Dame and Penn State got off to a slightly rocky start on ESPN due to an unfortunate technical issue

ESPN's "College GameDay" has announced its locations for the semifinal rounds of the College Football Playoff. GameDay is headed to both Miami for the Orange Bowl showdown between No. 7 Notre Dame and No.