Eleven Warriors · Nov 2, 2025
Who Was Ohio State's MVP Against Penn State?
OSU Football
Email this Article Share on Reddit Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Unsurprisingly, Julian Sayin was unaware in Ohio State’s postgame interviews that the legendary Nick Saban called himself a “dumbass” for using the briefly-Alabama, now-Buckeye quarterback as a scout team player during his freshman season.
While that’s impossible, as Sayin was only at Alabama for less than two weeks, it’s still a glowing compliment that the best college coach to ever do it paid his former recruit. And a funny moment for ESPN’s College GameDay.
"The coach at Alabama played [Julian Sayin] on the scout team for a whole year. What a dumbass."
Nick Saban with an all-timer pic.twitter.com/PFJ6UHDLZq
