{"id":7135,"date":"2025-01-10T01:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T01:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=7135"},"modified":"2025-01-10T01:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T01:54:12","slug":"nick-saban-nobodys-gonna-remember-ohio-state-lost-michigan-buckeyes-win-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=7135","title":{"rendered":"Nick Saban: ‘Nobody’s gonna remember’ Ohio State lost to Michigan if Buckeyes win title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Saban:Ohio State\u2019s 13-10 loss to Michigan in its regular-season finale stunned much of the college football world and left a frustrated Buckeyes fan base searching for answers to their beloved team\u2019s woes.<\/p>\n

According to one of the most prominent figures in the sport, it\u2019s a setback that could soon be forgotten.<\/p>\n

While discussing\u00a0Ohio State\u00a0and whether coach\u00a0Ryan Day\u2019s squad is the best team remaining in the College Football Playoff, Nick Saban said on ESPN\u2019s \u201cCollege GameDay\u201d Thursday that \u201cnobody\u2019s gonna remember\u201d that the\u00a0Buckeyes\u00a0lost to Michigan if they go on to win the national championship.<\/p>\n

Saban cited his experience coaching in another famed college football rivalry, the Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn, as proof of why he thinks that otherwise inexplicable memory lapse might occur.<\/p>\n

\"Nick<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes anybody here know that we lost to Auburn, which is like Ohio State losing to Michigan, and then we won the national championship?\u201d Saban said inside Hard Rock Stadium ahead of Penn State’s game against Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl. \u201cNobody remembers that we lost to Auburn and nobody\u2019s gonna remember that they lost to Michigan.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2017, an undefeated and top-ranked Alabama team lost to Auburn 26-14, but still made the playoff as a No. 4 seed. From there, it defeated Clemson and Georgia to win Saban\u2019s fifth national championship at the school.<\/p>\n

Saban’s comment didn’t go uncontested, as fellow “GameDay” analyst Desmond Howard, a former Michigan standout, jumped in to disagree.<\/p>\n

“That’s not true,” Howard said. “That’s not true. They’re going to remember they lost to Michigan.”<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time that Saban, who was a defensive backs coach at Ohio State for two seasons in the early 1980s, has downplayed the importance of the Buckeyes\u2019 most recent loss in \u201cThe Game.\u201d In a Dec. 27 appearance on \u201cThe Pat McAfee Show,\u201d the legendary coach said Ohio State fans have\u00a0\u201ca psychotic obsession\u201d\u00a0with Michigan and that \u201cthey need to get therapy or something.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s quite possible that the Buckeyes will go on to win the national championship given how impressive they\u2019ve looked in lopsided playoff wins against Tennessee and Oregon. It\u2019s much less likely, though, that scarlet-and-gray-clad fans in Ohio and throughout the country will forget about the loss to Michigan because of it, even if a title takes some of the sting away from it.<\/p>\n

Ohio State will look to continue its push for a national title and potentially prove Saban\u2019s theory correct Friday when it faces off against Texas in the Cotton Bowl, with the winner advancing to the playoff championship game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ohio State\u2019s 13-10 loss to Michigan in its regular-season finale stunned much of the college football world and left a frustrated Buckeyes fan base searching for answers to their beloved team\u2019s woes. According to one of the most prominent figures in the sport, it\u2019s a setback that could soon be forgotten. While discussing\u00a0Ohio State\u00a0and whether 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