“Realistically, there was no reason to believe that would be the case,” ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum told me Thursday during an appearance on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5.
Colin Cowherd, at ESPN, in 2006: “The one everyone thinks is such a great job and I don’t is Alabama.
Jim Rome was the host of ESPN’s “Rome is Burning” television show at the time: “Maybe Alabama wouldn’t be so quick to have fired Mike Shula if they knew that nobody in America who mattered would be willing to step in and replace him.
Lou Holtz, in “The Miami Herald” in 2007, said, “I think Nick Saban’s a terrific coach and a smart man, but if he’s anything like me, he’ll regret the decision to leave the Dolphins like he did.
If he was on Wall Street, he’d be making $150 million a year, maybe even more,” Finebaum said on “Get Up” Tuesday.
Since the age of 65, Saban is 57-5 overall , two national titles, per Bruce Feldman.
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