NICK Saban got hit with a stunning dig during a College Gameday interview with Michigan’s acting coach.
The Alabama Crimson Tide legend was alongside Pat McAfee and the rest of his College GameDay colleagues during the sequence.
Michigan interim head coach Biff Poggi seen during the first half of the team’s 63-3 win over Central Michigan on September 13[/caption]
ESPN’s hit college football pregame show was live at the University of Miami for the Hurricanes‘ Week 4 showdown against in-state rival Florida.
Michigan interim coach Biff Poggi joined College GameDay remotely as he and his Wolverines team are getting prepared for their away matchup with the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
The panel of Saban, McAfee, host Rece Davis, and Desmond Howard got into the topic of Poggi’s fortune.
The 66-year-old has made millions thanks to starting a hedge fund.
Toward the end of the interview, Saban asked about Poggi’s past experience coaching St. Frances Academy (MD) from 2017 to 2020.
“When you were at Saint Frances, I never saw you coach a down,” Saban said.
“You were Jerry Jones. You paid the players and all that… Are you using the same philosophy at Michigan now?”
Poggi quickly responded, “Yeah, and I learned all that from you.”
Saban and the rest of the cast immediately cracked up laughing at Poggi’s comment as McAfee could be heard saying, “That’s amazing.”
The discussion first began with McAfee asking Poggi about a story in which he was going to buy a Ferrari from Saban, who has a dealership.
“I know everyone genuflects to the greatest college football coach ever, but not me,” Poggi said.
“And I will tell you that we’ve been friends a long time.
“And I don’t know, he called me five or six years ago and he goes, ‘Hey, guess what? I’ve been chosen for a Ferrari dealership.’
“I said, ‘Oh man, congratulations. Let me be the first guy to buy a car from you.’
“I’ll buy the coolest cart they make, the 812 Superfast.
That car, however, has a hefty price tag, $335,000 to more than $600,000, to be exact.
So the car transaction has yet to take place.
“Oh, here was the problem,” Saban said. “When we got right down to the transaction — you had alligator arms.
“You could not reach in your pocket.”
Poggi replied, telling Saban to ask his Rolls-Royce dealer if he has alligator arms.
He will now lead his No. 21 Michigan squad against Nebraska in both teams’ Big Ten Conference opener on Saturday at 3:30 pm ET.
