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'Alabama Jones...Get the whip, Indy!': Shane Gillis roasts Nick Saban's hat, others dig it


'Alabama Jones...Get the whip, Indy!': Shane Gillis roasts Nick Saban's hat, others dig it

The legendary former Alabama football head coach makes statements, from salmon-colored blazers he wore on A-Day to Tide-stitched quarter-zips he rocked on his radio show.

After all, it's a universally accepted fact that all Alabama fans are interested in what their head coaches wear on gamedays, ESPN sets or otherwise, right?

However you may feel, Saban drew even more stylistic scrutiny while appearing on ESPN's "College GameDay" before Indiana faced Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff on Friday when he wore a fedora (or Stetson hat?) to combat the cold in South Bend, Indiana.

"GameDay" guest picker and comedian Shane Gillis, a Notre Dame fan, first joked about Saban paying players at Alabama. But the outspoken comic also roasted the coach's hat, which had drawn comparisons to Indiana Jones throughout the show.

"I'm joking," Gillis said. "Is this not a fun show? It's a serious show? Alabama Jones is very serious. Get the whip, Indy."

To his credit, Saban has the last laugh here, having whipped Gillis' Fighting Irish twice on the world's stage in postseason play (42-14 in the 2013 BCS Championship Game and 31-14 in the 2021 CFP semifinal).

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But earlier in the "GameDay" broadcast, Saban's panelist pal Pat McAfee polled the crowd behind them on the coach's choice. "Crowd, can you see the hat that Nick Saban is wearing right now?" he asked, drawing cheers. "He was debating on whether or not to wear it."

McAfee continued, "If you like it, can you make some noise please?" Most of the fans cheered. "If you think he shouldn't have worn it, can you make some noise now?" That drew a middling response.

"You made the right decision, coach," the rambunctious former punter said, high-fiving his fellow analyst.

What did the rest of social media think?

Some loved it, others didn't. Either way, Saban changed the look a little bit for Saturday's edition of "GameDay," opting for a black fedora instead of the Indy look, conjuring images of New York Giants QB Tommy DeVito's viral agent Sean Stellato (others compared him to Christopher Lloyd's villain in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit").

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