The greatest college football coach of the modern era — and possibly ever — stunned the sports world on Wednesday with a sudden retirement.
After 17 seasons at Alabama, Nick Saban officially hung up his whistle for good in a move that was hard to see coming, even if he is 72 years old. No coach in the sport has ever won more national championships (seven) than Saban, and whoever succeeds him will face a tremendous amount of pressure.
It’s not often we’d write a full-length article about the ramifications of a coach leaving a non-Big Ten team, but given the weight his name carries alone, Saban’s sudden departure from Tuscaloosa could have a seismic impact around the nation – and perhaps has a chance of affecting Ohio State.