“Stanford Steve” Coughlin didn’t waste time taking a shot at Cal fans Saturday during “College GameDay’” broadcast from Berkeley.
Coughlin, who played for Stanford and finished his career 4-0 against the Bears, was complimentary of the Cal fans in attendance of the popular college football pregame show before throwing a little shade at the host fans.
“I’m biased when it comes to the Cal faithful because whenever I played in that stadium, it was sold out,” he said. “They do a great job. I also wonder how many of these people are here because they didn’t get into Stanford.”
The comment got quite the reaction from the fans as well as the “GameDay” panel.
Nick Saban, obviously a man of the people, countered.
“I got a question for you,” the former Alabama coach said. “If it was so great at Stanford, why did you have a girlfriend here at Cal?”
Saban, 72, has proven to have a way with words since joining the show this season. Last week during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” he talked players hitting the transfer portal.
“They thought the grass was gonna be greener on top of the septic tank,” he said.
He also cursed early in the season when talking about the pitfalls of NIL.
Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.
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