Fans of schools across the SEC are dancing in the streets on Wednesday evening. That especially includes Knoxville, Tennessee. Or at least they should be after the latest breaking news coming out of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
According to ESPN’s Chris Low, Alabama head coach Nick Saban has announced his retirement.
There couldn’t possibly be any news more earth-shattering for Tennessee fans than seeing the man who’s caused so much misery for Vol fans to finally be stepping aside. It doesn’t matter who Alabama hires next. It can’t be as bad as what Vol fans have experienced since Nick Saban took over as the Alabama head coach in January 2007.
Saban made an impression in his first appearance in the Third Saturday in October, defeating Phillip Fulmer’s Volunteers 41-17 in Tuscaloosa. That unfortunately began one of the ugliest streaks in the history of what had been a competitive rivalry.
Saban made an impression in his first appearance in the Third Saturday in October, defeating Phillip Fulmer’s Volunteers 41-17 in Tuscaloosa. That unfortunately began one of the ugliest streaks in the history of what had been a competitive rivalry.
That is, until Josh Heupel came to town and delivered an 11-win season in 2022 that was like an oasis in the desert for success-starved Tennessee fans. And the apex of that excitement came the evening of October 15, 2022, as Tennessee edged Saban and the Crimson Tide 52-49 to end a 15-year streak of futility at the hands of their chief rival.
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