Nick Saban looked uncomfortable on the College Football Playoff pregame show, and Twitter had jokes

Zac Al-Khateeb

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For the first time since 2014, Alabama coach Nick Saban was in the pregame booth instead of on the sideline for the College Football Playoff national title game.

ESPN's "College GameDay" crew had the Crimson Tide coach on set for its pregame "Championship Drive" show, and everything seemed to be going well — that is, until Lee Corso waxed poetic about how he was undefeated when picking LSU. That includes against Alabama in the regular-season "Game of the Century."

Corso then donned Mike the Tiger's headgear and held up a jersey that read "Corseaux," all while Saban laughed along.

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Twitter, of course, was quick to jump on the memeable moment, flooding timelines with reactions from everything to Saban's grin to his blue suit to just how much he hated being there.

Zac Al-Khateeb

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Zac Al-Khateeb has been part of The Sporting News team since 2015 after earning his Bachelor's (2013) and Master's (2014) degrees in journalism at the University of Alabama. Prior to joining TSN, he covered high school sports and general news in Alabama. A college sports specialist, Zac has been a voter for the Biletnikoff Award and Heisman Trophy since 2020.