BEST Nick Saban stories from Greg McElroy & Matt Mauck 👏 | Always College Football

What was like playing quarterback for Nick Saban during his first two championships at LSU and Alabama? Greg McElroy and Matt Mauck get together to tell some incredible stories about Saban’s training camps, the staffs at LSU and Alabama and how much harder Coach worked immediately AFTER winning National Championships. Plus, McElroy takes a quick look at O/U win totals for Alabama, LSU, Notre Dame, Penn State, Clemson and more on this episode of Always College Football.

0:00 Intro
2:00 Matt Mauck interview
2:25 Matt Mauck tells the story of the first time he met Nick Saban
4:10 Mauck & McElroy compare first season Saban stories
6:50 Saban was working the next season 45 minutes after winning it all at LSU
9:40 What would Mauck have gotten in NIL in 2004?
10:30 NIL has made college football feel like a job
13:55 What was like getting his first taste of SEC football
15:10 The first time both McElroy and Mauck had that “welcome to the SEC” moment
16:50 Lessons Mauck learned from playing under Nick Saban
18:20 Mauck talks about the 2003 LSU staff and tells a few Jimbo Fisher stories
21:20 The Saban staffs always argued and it was good for the teams
23:35 McElroy and Mauck shares stories about Saban training camps
27:50 Early Over/Under win reaction for a few SEC, Big Ten & ACC teams plus Notre Dame

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