Nick Saban Abstains From Picking Winner of Georgia-Texas Matchup, Flips Coin Instead

Georgia coach Kirby Smart served as Saban's defensive coordinator from 2007 to 2015 before taking over the Bulldogs. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian served as the offensive coordinator for Alabama from 2019-20 seasons before taking the Longhorns coaching job.

Nick Saban had a tough decision to make when picking the winner of the Georgia-Texas matchup during a segment on ESPN's "College GameDay" on Saturday from Austin.

The top-four matchup is the game of the week, pitting two of the best teams in the SEC against one another. While the matchup would be hard to pick a winner from anyway, for Saban, it was a difficult choice between two former assistant coaches.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart served as Saban's defensive coordinator from 2007 to 2015 before taking over the Bulldogs. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian served as the offensive coordinator for Alabama from 2019-20 seasons before taking the Longhorns coaching job.

So when Saban had to pick the winner of the Bulldogs-Longhorns matchup on Saturday, Saban abstained from the pick himself, saying he could not pick between “two assistants who contributed greatly to our success." He left the pick up to the fate of his pick up to a coin flip. While he did not clarify what the two sides of the coin meant, he picked Texas to win following the flip of the coin.

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