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Paul Finebaum Predicts How Many Championships LSU Could Have Won If Nick Saban Never Left

by TD Staff Reporter

October 24, 202227 Comments

John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports

Paul Finebaum appeared on ESPN's "Week 8 Recap" and talked about the big "what if," in regards to Nick Saban leaving LSU for the Miami Dolphins job and how many National Championships he could have won in Baton Rouge if he stayed.

Finebaum said he could have won nine or 10 at LSU. Per The Spun:

quote:
“They won one with him and one without him,” Finebaum said.. "…He’s won six at Alabama. Could he have nine or 10 at LSU? Yes, he could have."

Finebaum messed up by saying LSU only won one without Saban as the Tiger have won two National Championships since he left, but either way here's the full discussion:

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4LSUinSC

LSU, like the phoenix is rising from the ashes.Saban and company are going to be dusted come November 05, 2022.
Geaux fighting tigers

Reply•13 months

Dickses

He never intended on staying at Miami!His destination was Alabama all along.It would have been a scandal if Alabama had been accused of tampering thus the Miami Deception.Drew Brees says it all.

Reply•13 months

RightWingTiger

Wow ur dumb!!

13 months

KCSunshine

We will never know

Reply•13 months

CoyoteSong

I would say Saban would have won 9 national championships if he stayed at LSU.

Reply•13 months

SophisticatedRedneck

Finebaum will be at Saban's gravesite sucking his…

Reply•13 months

kcpizzle

He will have to knock your mom out of the way.....

13 months

Fewer Kilometers

Difference being that Saban was at LSU thinking he was an NFL coach. He's a man with a lesson learned at Bama. If he'd come back to LSU after Miami, he'd have had the NCAA or nothing mindset that he has at Alabama.

Reply•13 months

jptiger2009

Story goes that he wanted to come back to LSU, but Skip sent him the other direction since "we had our coach" in Les Miles. We're is the vomit emoji?

13 months

KennabraTiger

We have two without him you skinny frick

Reply•13 months

chaso

At least 7 I think but that is so hard to predict. Saban loved La. His wife Loved it too. He NEVER thought he would be at that other place EVER !

Reply•13 months

The Boat

Saban's NFL mistakes made him a better coach. He wins more than one at LSU but he was a different coach when he came back to college.

Reply•13 months

DandA

Meh, not a fan of this "what if." Saban going to Miami directly led to Brees coming to New Orleans and history plays out from there. That Saints Superbowl did more for New Orleans and the whole state post-Katrina than any LSU natty.

Reply•13 months

BlackPot

NOLA is sure thriving right now.

13 months

oline5264

You’re smokin crack! The Aints could leave Louisiana tomorrow and the state would keep on truckin. If LSU football ended tomorrow, that state would burn to the ground.

13 months

DandA

God damn alot of yall don't remember that 2009 championship. frick the state of NOLA right now BlackPot, I'm talking aftermath of Katrina. That superbowl brought New Orleans and Louisiana together like nothing else I've ever seen, outside of the Gleason blocked punt.

13 months

Giantkiller

I don't think any amount of money would have stopped him. He had the NFL itch and he had to scratch it.

Reply•13 months

cypresstiger

Feinbaum as Meghan Trainor: "It's all about da Saban, da Saban, da Saban"

Reply•13 months

panzer

And you can thank Skip Bertman for letting Mal Moore hire him away and sticking with Les Miles and not buying out his contract. Nick would have come here and not gone to Bama but Skip didn't really want him back...Truth be told. Now they'll tell you otherwise, but nope, Skip wanted to have the most nattys.

Reply•13 months

panzer

funny thing, is that once Nick won the title, it was bigger and more impactful that all of Skips titles combined.

13 months

cajunmud

Is that true? When Nick left Miami did he contact us about coming back?

13 months

chaso

Well it’s kinda hard to hire a man then fire him because the other guy is ready to come back. But if they would have put that in the contract it would have been different. I hate Saban left especially ending up at that place in al. I did love Miles even though he was “out there” he is kinda like Leach the quirkiness anyway, The world would suck if we were all the same, anyway it is what it is and WE WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS @ LSU…GEAUX TIGERS

13 months

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Elleshoe

*2 without him

Reply•13 months

chaso

Cajunmud, Hell Yeah he wanted back ! Ms. Saban really was pissed, she never wanted Saban to leave but like the butterfly in Africa…you get Katrina

13 months

4LSUinSC

We’re LSU and we don’t need Saban. We have Coach Kelly and he will be in the SEC when Saban is only a bad memory.
Geaux fighting tigers

13 months