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Nick Saban Admits Leaving LSU For The NFL Was A Mistake

by Staff Reporter

November 15, 202454 Comments

Crystal LoGiudice-USA TODAY Sports

Former LSU and Alabama head coach Nick Saban was on the Pat McAfee show Friday and said that he probably made a mistake leaving LSU to take the Miami Dolphins job after the 2024 season. Per On3:

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“It’s (LSU is) a wild place. Those people celebrate life, they’re great people, they have fun and you know, they like to have their party time before the game, there’s no question about that,” Saban stated. “The people treated me great there, and I appreciate that.

“You know, Terry and I loved it there. Probably made a mistake going back to pro ball from there. But only way we could go back to college was to go back to Alabama, but that’s a great rivalry. The LSU-Alabama is a great rivalry.”

Wonderful.

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19•18 months

He admitted this years ago.

LSUMONSTER•18 months

Can we sign him again???

Guava Jelly•18 months

Hey, Coach... U up?

Tiger_Stomp•18 months

Get off this guys nuts, he owned lsu for 8-11 season. Of he cared so much he should have let lsu win some games

hansenthered1•18 months

Geaux to Hell Saban

LSUfanaddict•18 months

It was but that doesn't mend the bridges. He waited until he is no longer coaching to admit it.

wallowinit•18 months

You should’ve just went ahead and went straight to Alabama because that was the destination all along.

BayouENGR•18 months

But not too sad about leaving the NFL for Bama.

chaso•18 months

Saban come on back and bring back the "ol times"

zoom•18 months

Ead saban can we just perma ban him from crossing the state line.

panzer•18 months

Nick wanted to come back while at Miami and Skip was not willing to replace Miles with him. That is a fact.
We could have bought out Miles and brought Nick back but ....Skip is deified because of his baseball championships but when it comes to being an AD he was the possibly the worst there ever was. Dan Radakovich ran the place. Skip was a figurehead that intervened when necessary and when he did he usually made really bad decisions. Flame away. I was there.

lsutiger74•18 months

Heard that also

HeadSlash•18 months

Mike Edmonston claims Saban called Skip and asked for his job back while flying to Miami and Skip said Les had already been hired.

Tigerbaitttt•18 months

I wish that was true

udtiger•18 months

NFL was an itch he had to scratch. Everyone knew that. Unfortunately, LSU wasn't available when he was ready to return to CFB. Had it been, he'd have come back to LSU and would have stayed until he retired. I don't begrudge him his choices. I do lament the championships that could have been.

thetruthisnotkind•18 months

I was a student at LSU during the Nick Saban years. It was awesome. With that said, can we let go of the Nick Saban nostalgia?

Lou the Jew from LSU•18 months

frick him

pitchandcatch27•18 months

Nick won his first National Championship at LSU, the first one is always special no matter what he says. LSU was the spring board for Nick Saban. GEAUX TIGERS!

chaso•18 months

Spring board HE NEVER WANTED TO GO TO ANOTHER COLLEGE He thought pro ball was "it" because of Bellicheck! HE WANTED TO COME HOME TO LSU BUT MILES WAS IN, PERIOD!

imjustafatkid•18 months

He's been saying it for decades. Y'all going to post an article every time he repeats it?

Drizzt•18 months

frick the midget

Cornpoptiger•18 months

FU Satan

bluebuck1•18 months

$15 million and he can deliver a couple of more Championships, somewhere. His passion for the game is apparent to everyone! Pay the man and put up another statue, after he delivers a couple of more Chips.

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