Nick Saban's hard exterior throughout his legendary coaching career helped obscure the fact that he had one of the more interesting relationships with the media. He was a heck of a quote and not nearly as cantankerous as Bill Belichick,

Former Alabama coach Nick Saban let his old team have it during Saturday’s latest edition of College GameDay. While discussing the Crimson Tide’s shocking loss to Vanderbilt last week, Saban tried to pinpoint what he felt went wrong for Alabama during the game.

Saban, 72, dusted off his old high school football holding duties and stepped in for the traveling Kirk Herbstreit to hold for Pat McAfee’s Kicking Contest on ESPN’s “College GameDay.” Two kicks and $100,000 later, Kyle Kramer was the big winner.

Nick Saban is throwing his hat in the injury epidemic ring that has taken over college football, and he has called for a massive rule change.

Saban knows the modern game as well as any college coach. If he’s saying “no player that flops in a game” does it without a coach’s signal, it’s hard to disagree. Which is why Saban’s solutions actually sound pretty practical. Rather than dock a team 10 yards or a down, Saban suggested the team should immediately lose a timeout.

How did Alabama football respond to losses under Nick Saban? The Crimson Tide were nearly unbeatable. Here's a look at the numbers:

Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban lobbied for a "flop rule" in college football for when players are feigning in an injury in order to slow down

Nick Saban thinks college football needs to do something to eliminate fake injuries, even if that means a new rule against it. Saban on Saturday addressed

Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban lambasted the notion of players flopping on the ground pretending to be injured to slow opponents' momentum during games.

The weekly kick for big bucks took on a different look Saturday on “College GameDay.” The show was in Oregon to get people pumped for the Ducks’ game with Ohio State at night. Talk about a pressure kick