Comedian Shane Gillis revealed that Nick Saban was not amused by a joke he made about the SEC dominating because of cheating during ESPN's 'College GameDay'. Gillis said Saban confronted him, calling him out for the comment and yelling about the legitimacy of Alabama's success. The encounter became even more awkward when Gillis needed help getting down from the 'GameDay' set after Saban's outburst.
Shane Gillis contends he was joking. Nick Saban wasn’t laughing. In fact, the former Alabama coach was mad, the comedian recently revealed.during ESPN ’s “College GameDay” last month between the standup comic and legendary coach continues to grow in infamy after Gillis joked about
“When I got in there, right before we go on, he looks at me, and he’s like, ‘I heard what you said,’” Gillis explained.The Notre Dame fan said Kirk Herbstreit and Pat McAfee were convinced Saban was just giving the guest a hard time. After that final interaction, Gillis still thinking Saban was mad - took Herbstreit and McAfee up on their suggestion to go talk to the former coach to smooth things over.
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