Eight years ago, as Jimbo Fisher and Florida State won the national championship, Alabama coach Nick Saban was pacing along the Seminoles’ sideline, pulling for them. Officially, Saban was at the Rose Bowl to do TV work, but it was pretty obvious to anyone watching him that he wanted his former assistant to win.
Well, maybe Saban really just wanted Fisher’s opponent, Auburn, to lose. When you rule over an empire, your first thought every morning is protecting it.
Now Saban and Fisher are in a nasty and shockingly public spat, which started with Saban saying Fisher and Texas A&M are using name, image and likeness rights to “buy” players.