Former Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban has stayed busy in his first year of retirement.
Saban has been in numerous TV commercials, including some with Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders. He’s also made guest appearances on various media platforms, and he still attends Alabama home games from his suite inside Bryant-Denny Stadium, the college football palace which now bears Saban’s name.
Since joining ESPN’s “College GameDay,” he has traveled from coast to coast and even made a stop in Dublin, Ireland, for this year’s “Week 0” game between Florida State and Georgia Tech.
Where will Saban be this week as the first 12-team College Football Playoff gets underway? GameDay announced that it would set up shop at two first-round CFP locations, starting in South Bend for Friday’s game between No. 10 seed Indiana and No. 7 Notre Dame.
GameDay will begin its Friday broadcast at 2:30 p.m. CT. The Fighting Irish and Hoosiers will kick off at 7 p.m. on ABC and ESPN.
The following day, GameDay heads to Columbus for the SEC/Big Ten showdown between No. 9 Tennessee and No. 8 Ohio State. Kickoff for that game is at 7 p.m. CT Saturday on ABC/ESPN. GameDay will begin broadcasting in its normal 8 a.m. time slot that morning.
As we wrote last week, it’s a unique twist with GameDay visiting two locations in one week, let alone on back-to-back days. But these are unique times in college football, with the rollout of a new playoff format that is more likely than not to expand to include even more teams going forward.
Alabama continues bowl game prep for Michigan
As for the Crimson Tide (9-3), coach Kalen DeBoer and Alabama players are busy preparing for its matchup against the Michigan Wolverines (7-5) in the 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl (formerly the Outback Bowl) at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.
Kickoff for Alabama vs. Michigan is set for 11 a.m. CT on New Year’s Eve. The game will be televised on ESPN.
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