Twitter As usual, Nick Saban is at SEC Media Days this year, but he's in a much different role than he's accustomed to. Saban is in Dallas because of his new position as analyst for ESPN. For the last 17 years, he attended the annual conference gathering as Alabama's head coach.
The change in jobs has already led to an amusing security issue for the seven-time national champion. Asked by Mike Greenberg on Get Up what's different about media days on the other side of the aisle, Saban said he had a little misstep getting into the event. "It's a little different.
I've never worn a credential in my life and was always for 17 years able to get into SEC Media Day without a credential. I had to go back to the room today and get my credential to get in," Saban said with a laugh. "So that's one of the biggest changes I see.
It's not like it used to be." Nick Saban on the difference of attending SEC Media Days as Alabama's head coach and as a member of the media: "It's a little different. I've never worn a credential in my life and was always for 17 years able to get into SEC Media Day without a credential.
I had to go back to...
pic.twitter.com/hvHwdfAsIU Saban made his ESPN debut working the NFL Draft back in April.
As a member of College GameDay this fall, he'll have to occasionally give his predictions for games involving his beloved Crimson Tide. "I've tried to steer away from picking people. I think I'm gonna have to do that now, but I don't know that you always have to pick the .
