{"id":1172504,"date":"2025-07-14T13:22:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1172504"},"modified":"2025-07-14T13:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:22:19","slug":"wild-sec-media-days-claim-from-mcelroy-source-says-saban-may-not-be-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wild-sec-media-days-claim-from-mcelroy-source-says-saban-may-not-be-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild SEC Media Days Claim From McElroy Source says Saban May Not Be Done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEC Media Days kicked off on Monday morning in Atlanta, Georgia, and as is always the case, it\u2019s the unofficial start to the college football season.<\/p>\n<p>With fans desperate for any piece of information as they continue to try to run out the clock until toe meets leather, every word delivered by coaches, players, and reporters is invaluable.<\/p>\n<p>The fireworks on \u201cRadio Row\u201d started early when former Alabama quarterback and current SEC analyst Greg McElroy said on WJOX in Birmingham\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/7-14-25-mcelroy-cubelic-in-the-morning-hour-1-day-1\/id1575603573?i=1000717192134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning<\/em><\/a>\u00a0that he has heard something absolutely insane from a source.<\/p>\n<p>McElroy said someone \u2018in the know\u2019 has informed him of their belief that former Alabama head coach Nick Saban is not done with coaching.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">REPORT: Greg McElroy said a person \u2018in the know\u2019 believes Nick Saban will return to coaching\ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t someone notable, I would never say a word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/macandcube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@macandcube<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bWMfklaAqJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/bWMfklaAqJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A4JiDqS9mN\">pic.twitter.com\/A4JiDqS9mN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 On3 (@On3sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/On3sports\/status\/1944773948350075360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a little bit out of left field, but the question was asked of me\u2026a very much in the know person that I have a lot of respect for and have spent a lot of time around and just really, really admire,\u201d McElroy began. \u201cThey seem to think Nick Saban\u2019s not done coaching. I had a similar reaction. He\u2019s pretty adamant that he thinks Nick Saban will be coaching again..Look, if it wasn\u2019t someone notable, I\u2019d never say a word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McElroy did not reveal his source but insisted it was someone notable, and while asking Paul Finebaum if he believed it, Finebaum adamantly said no.<\/p>\n<p>If McElroy and the mystery source proved to be right, Saban\u2019s return would be an even bigger story than his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Whether that could mean a return to the college game, trying his hand at the NFL again, or even coaching his grandchildren in youth ball is anybody\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n<p>Fans will still have to see it to believe it, but McElroy putting the story out there and sharing that he has heard it is an incredible piece of information regardless.<\/p>\n<p>WNSP will be broadcasting both in the morning and afternoon all week from radio row in Atlanta!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>SEC Media Days kicked off on Monday morning in Atlanta, Georgia, and as is always the case, it\u2019s the unofficial start to the college football <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wild-sec-media-days-claim-from-mcelroy-source-says-saban-may-not-be-done\/\" title=\"Wild SEC Media Days Claim From McElroy Source says Saban May Not Be Done\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1049959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,8,147,33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1172504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alabama","8":"category-crimson-tide-bama-tide","9":"category-featured-news","10":"category-sec"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/168231111010_bama_at_uk.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1172505,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172504\/revisions\/1172505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1049959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}