A not-so-secret sneak peek of the Ohio State fans’ minds: Not winning a national championship doesn’t hurt so badly that not winning a Michigan game did. Just the moment Ryan Day dropped the ball for the fourth consecutive year against the Wolverines on November 30th, the entire Buckeyes fanfare breathed a sigh. The frustration of repeated failure and Ryan Day not showing up in dire need made the world restless, triggering an unbridled ‘Fire Ryan Day’ hashtag on Twitter. However, Day, 45, lived through the storm and managed to stage a huge comeback, routing No. 1 Oregon in the Rose Bowl to advance to the semis of the CFP.

The fans who spread the hate are now taking the fire back, especially from the former Alabama legend, Nick Saban. But NFL vet, the seasoned CFB analyst, counters him with rationales.

Nick Saban received an eye-opener for his judgement on Ohio State fans

Nick Saban, the key architect of the Alabama Crimson Tide and the current ESPN broadcaster, has been watching over the entire college football theme throughout the season and never shied away from throwing his opinions like confetti from time to time. What happened to Ohio State and Ryan Day in recent weeks doesn’t seem just in his expert’s lens. The coach phenomenon thinks Ohio State possesses the most talented roster in the college football playoff but also has the most psychotic fan base in the country.

Well, there’s a context to Saban’s comments. They came after it was reported that Ryan Day had to hire security to protect his family and close ones after receiving death threats post losing to Michigan. However, NFL legend Shannon Sharpe, or Unc Shay, didn’t agree with the GOAT coach. Of course, no one is condoning the death threats, but Day receiving criticism after the loss? Shannon is all game for that. If you are following college football, you already know the cost of the current Buckeyes roster. Even then, the team fell to their fiercest rivals, and it wasn’t the first time. Would Alabama have tolerated that?

”I said the same thing about Coach Saban said that the fans at Ohio State are psychotic. I ask Coach Saban this: if you had consistently lost to Auburn, and you got Julio and you got Calvin Ridley and you got Judy, and you got Rugs and you got Wadd and you got DeVonta Smith, and you got Amari Cooper, and you got those quarterbacks, you got Tua, you got Bryce young, you got a guy, that went to New England, Mac Jones, okay you got him now, you got, what’s the guy Derek Henry,” Shannon Sharpe called him out for the unnecessary blame.

Saban thinks it’s totally stupid of the OSU fans to obsess and whine over a lost game, not focusing on the Tennessee game that approached the next. Although the Buckeyes clinched a win over the Vols, Saban thinks it could even be a better lead if they would not vest their energy so much on what has gone.

Protesting is easy, but walking in their shoes isn’t. ‘‘You don’t win no National Championship even after a couple of years of Coach Saban and Alabama fans, y’all know this, even after a couple of years of not winning the national championship after he had done one four or five, they say coach lost his fastball, that man had got four or five national championships and they saying that with the talent,” Sharpe reminded everyone what Saban experienced in Bama. A national championship-winning coach, a few years of failure, and Coach Saban was getting called out by Tide fans.

A similar thing is happening to Ryan Day, and unlike Saban, he doesn’t have the resume of national championships. Of course, the criticism has died down after the Buckeyes thumped the Vols and the Ducks in back-to-back games to set up a semifinal matchup against the Longhorns. However, what does success look like for Day? Nothing short of a national championship, and a bad loss in the semis can still get all the fans riled up again.

However, despite being bashed for his judgment, Nick Saban is heavily eying another bug attainment in his cap.

Coach Saban makes the rounds as a potential college football leading light

College football reality is getting cranked up day by day. Starting from the transfer portal controversy to the NIL conundrum and messy schedules, everything hints toward a single thing that needs some better scrutiny. A post of College Commissioner can hopefully beat the odds. The ideal candidate should be someone well-versed and thoroughly experienced with the CFB nitty gritty and knows every instinct minutely. Are you uttering Nick Saban in your mind? Well, you are not wrong, and you are not alone.

Lane Kiffin, the rebellious Ole Miss coach and a former assistant under Saban, took to X last week to showcase his stern support for the ex-Alabama coach for the role. James Franklin, Penn State’s $85 million saviour, also backs Kiffin.

Be it as a legendary coach or an ESPN analyst, Saban has exceeded expectations at all levels. Now, if he really sits at the helm of the college football world in a new avatar, we can expect nothing but a new era in the humdrum.