Nick Saban predicts Alabama will not win the SEC Championship

Nick Saban is about as real as they come, and this latest statement might piss off some Tide fans. The former Alabama head coach who recently took a job at ESPN was asked his prediction on the SEC Championship winner, and he did not choose his former team.

“I think Georgia and Texas,” Saban said, via 247 Sports. “But I don’t think there’s any team right now, or any coach that you would talk to — including myself for many, many years — that right now there’s not some part of their team they’re concerned about. How those problems, sort of, get resolved — whether it’s a young player that comes in and makes an impact, or an older player that develops consistency — those are the question marks that I think make it impossible to make predictions right now.

“But I think Texas if their defense comes through and they can replace some of the interior people that they lost that were high draft picks and all that, they are really good offensively. Even though their quarterback has missed time, [Quinn] Ewers has missed time in the last couple of years, [Arch] Manning was lights out in the spring game. Like, Arch was 21-of-25 for 347 yards. So that depth at quarterback is probably really important for then, because Ewers has missed time the last couple years, a game or two, which could really affect where you end up.”

Alabama has one the SEC Title three of the last four years, but that was under the tutelage of Saban as the head coach. With Saban out, it seems like the former ball coach is going with his gut. This might offend some, especially those diehards in Bama.

Saban did talk about Alabama, but said he has concerns about their secondary.

“So I really like Texas. I think Georgia has got a really good team. I believe in our Alabama team, too. I believe in Jalen Milroe. I just think the question marks in the secondary — until those get resolved — it’s hard to, sort of, jump on that bandwagon,” Saban explained.

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