Football analyst and The Ringer podcaster Todd McShay is predicting that LSU will make an offer to retired, legendary Alabama football coach Nick Saban that will "force" him and his wife, Miss Terry, to reconsider their strong stance on retirement.
Saban recently shot down coming out of retirement by saying he was "not interested. Since then, LSU, one of Saban's former employers, fired head coach Brian Kelly.
Saban coached at LSU from 2000 to 2004, going 48-16, winning the 2003 BCS National Championship. He then left for the head coaching job with the Miami Dolphins of the NFL in 2005.
According to McShay, LSU will make the Sabans a strong offer to return to a place he holds "special" in his heart.
“And I can say this based off of what I do know,” McShay said on his "McShay Show" podcast. “LSU is going to make an offer to Nick and Miss Terry that will force them to reconsider their justifiable stance of ‘at this point in our lives, working 'College GameDay,' ESPN, ABC is where we belong.’ It’s healthier. Nick’s enjoying it. Miss Terry is loving it. It's time."
McShay noted that Saban left coaching at Alabama because of the current landscape with NIL and the transfer portal, but did point out how much the coach regretted ever leaving LSU.
“He left because college football had changed, and it was time,” McShay outlined. “And the recruiting and the NIL, and the transfer portal. It’s just like, it’s hard to coach anymore, but there’s no one more qualified to come in, even at his age and (this) point in his career, to kind of temper, keep the rat poison out, and do all the things. And he’s even said publicly, and I’ve talked to him in meetings, one of his, I don’t want to put words in his mouth but, regrets in his coaching history was leaving LSU.”
"He does hold a special place in his heart for LSU," he later added.
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