Nick Saban heaped praise upon Caleb Downs during a 'College Gameday' segment in which he said he had to pay the Ohio State star $500 for cursing.

Although Nick Saban may have retired from coaching and moved onto the media scene, he still doesn’t forget when he feels like he’s been wronged.In 2022, Alabama missed out on a berth in the four-team College Football Playoff in favor of 12-1 TCU who was coming off of a close loss in the Big 12 Championship Game.

Nick Saban and Alabama made the College Football Playoff in three of his final four years of coaching. The one year the Crimson Tide didn’t came in 2022 when Alabama was on the bubble but was ultimately left out.