Nick Saban was compelled to relive his unlucky feedback about Vanderbilt once more this week.
LSU nationwide champion gymnast Livvy Dunne and her boyfriend, Pittsburgh Pirates star pitcher Paul Skenes, joined the solid of ESPN’s “School GameDay” on Saturday as this week’s celeb pickers, and it was Dunne that shaded the previous Alabama coach for his earlier remarks concerning the faculty’s soccer program.
Olivia Dunne of the LSU Tigers appears to be like on earlier than a meet in opposition to the Florida Gators on the Stephen C. O’Connell Heart on February 23, 2024, in Gainesville, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Pictures)
“The one place you play within the SEC that’s not laborious to play is Vanderbilt. As a result of whenever you play at Vanderbilt, you’ve extra followers there than they’ve,” Saban mentioned throughout an look on “The Pat McAfee Present” again in September.
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“And that’s no disrespect to them, it’s the reality.”
Intentions apart, Vanderbilt followers did take offense and Dunne added salt to the wound when she chosen the Commodores to beat South Carolina at residence.
“Somebody as soon as mentioned that Vanderbilt was the best place to play within the SEC, however not immediately. I’m going with Vanderbilt,” Dunne mentioned.
Former Alabama Soccer Coach and present ESPN analyst Nick Saban on the set of ESPN’s School Recreation Day, on the College of Texas on the South Mall, forward of the Longhorns’ sport in opposition to the Georgia Bulldogs in Austin, Oct. 19, 2024. (IMAGN)
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Saban’s feedback rapidly backfired final month when Vanderbilt upset Alabama, 40-53, for his or her first victory over the Crimson Tide since 1984.
Followers stormed the sphere and finally tore down a purpose publish and carried it out of the stadium and round city earlier than tossing it into the Cumberland River. However earlier than making their exit, Saban’s feedback from September had been performed on the jumbotron.
Vanderbilt Commodores followers march the purpose posts across the subject following a sport between the Vanderbilt Commodores and Alabama Crimson Tide, October 5, 2024, at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. (Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
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Vanderbilt is again within the High 25 after a giant street win at Auburn made the Commodores eligible for his or her first bowl sport because the 2018 season, however a win on Saturday would make South Carolina eligible as effectively.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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