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Astonishing Sports Predictions #2
The Best College Football Coach Will Bring His Game to the West Coast
Saban wins multiple championships in the PAC 12
Conversations about the greatest college football coach is a debate won with a well-researched case for your favorite handful of head football coaches. The college coach pantheon is a jumble. It is difficult to pick a true, man at the top of the heap…so far.
Nick Saban will win the contest. No one will be able to easily sway the average football fan after Saban finally retires the title: head football coach. He won in the Bayou. He made big waves with Michigan State. Most contemporary fans know what he’s accomplished the last five years in the deep south with the Crimson Tide. A tawdry five-year BCS bowl game 8–2 record is what he has to show for it. He’s earned the trophy for the Sugar, Cotton, Peach bowls. He hasn’t won the granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl…yet. He is already in the conversation for the most skilled talent finder and maximizer of talent with the student athletes he recruits. He is a master motivator. He is one of the best producers of future successful college head coaches and assistant coaches. We hear their names every season as a potential, next hot coach prospect. He produces a fruitful coaching tree of its own.
