The former Alabama coach and seven-time national champion learned he would enter the College Football Hall of Fame before Friday’s Cotton Bowl Classic kicked off. Saban received the news from the ESPN College GameDay crew, which was at AT&T Stadium for the College Football Playoff showdown between Texas and Ohio State.

Nick Saban is the first inductee of the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class. The ESPN "College GameDay" crew surprised him with the announcement during Friday's pregame show for the College Football Playoff matchup between Ohio State and Texas at the Cotton Bowl.

The National Football Foundation announced on Friday that former Alabama football coach Nick Saban has been selected as part of the 2025 class of the College Football Hall of Fame. Saban is the first of the 2025 class to be announced.

Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban was surprised by the news of his hall of fame selection on ESPN's College Gameday.

Now that he's retired, Saban is headed for immortality. On Friday, Saban's College GameDay colleagues informed him that he would be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this year.

The National Football Foundation announced Friday that former Alabama head coach Nick Saban has been selected as part of the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Class.

After 50 years of coaching, college football legend and Marion County native Nick Saban will soon have his name enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.

Prior to kickoff of Friday night's College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Cotton Bowl between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Texas Longhorns, an announcement was made as part of ESPN's "College GameDa

The National Football Foundation announced Friday that former Alabama head coach Nick Saban has been selected as part of the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Class.

The former Alabama, LSU, Michigan State and Toledo head coach will soon be enshrined in college football history.

A year ago today, Nick Saban stood at the end of a balance beam, metaphorically speaking. Exactly 6,216 sunrises after his most recent of a string of wobbly departures, the reality was hitting the 72-year-old. By sundown, he’d no longer be a football coach.