Former Alabama football head coach Nick Saban has retired after a legendary career, but he will still remain active within the program and in the game. Beginning in 2024, he will join the ESPN ‘College GameDay’ crew as they travel the country every week.
One of College GameDay’s most notable segments is when the crew makes their weekly picks for the slate of games that Saturday. With Saban now on the team as a college football analyst, he will have to make some picks on Alabama games.
Recently, during a brief time with media members, Saban was asked if he would ever pick against the Crimson Tide. His answer:
“I’ve tried to steer away from picking people. I guess I’m going to have to do that now,” Saban said with a smile. “But, I don’t know that you always have to pick the team you think is going to win. You know, you are allowed to have a spiritual feeling about who you like and who you want to win. So, I think it will be a lot of fun, though.”
After some analysis, I have decided that this means that he will be picking Alabama whenever he gets the chance.
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Left tackle Tyron Smith has no plans to retire, Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News reports, and the eight-time Pro Bowler hopes to continue his career with the Cowboys.
Smith, 33, is scheduled to become a free agent next month.
In 2023, Smith had his best season since 2016 when he played 13 games, his most since 2019, and made second-team All-Pro.
“I think the biggest thing for Tyron is, talking about the path of the season and the training plan that was in place for him, this is clearly his best season that I have experienced with him since 2020,” coach Mike McCarthy said last month at his season-ending news conference. “So, he felt good about that. I think the fact that he’s not going into the offseason with offseason surgeries is a plus. We’ll continue to talk as we move forward.”
The Cowboys, though, drafted Tyler Smith in the first round in 2022 to eventually take over for Smith at left tackle. Tyler Smith played mostly left tackle as a rookie when Tyron Smith 13 games with a torn hamstring that required surgery but earned Pro Bowl honors and second-team All-Pro at left guard in 2023.
But Tyron Smith’s injury history — he hasn’t played a full season since 2015 and has played only 82 of 131 games since — could make his next team team-friendly for whoever signs him.
