Nick Saban Celebrates 75th Birthday on GameDay

Nick Saban celebrated his 75th birthday on ESPN’s College GameDay in Bloomington, where the crew honored the seven-time national champion with songs and a montage of his fiery coaching moments; Saban urged people to treat others with kindness. The occasion also prompted retrospectives on his Alabama career, including a selection of 75 notable wins from a 206-29 record and six national titles with the Crimson Tide. A separate review of his assistants highlighted Mike Locksley’s 2018 offense, which averaged 45.6 points per game and earned Locksley the Broyles Award, as the most prolific scoring unit of Saban’s Alabama tenure. Paul Finebaum has also recounted that ESPN discussed a potential GameDay role with Saban in 2013, amid speculation he might leave coaching; how seriously Saban considered the opportunity, and whether ESPN made a standing offer, remain unclear.