Breiden Fehoko, who won the national championship with LSU, has criticised legendary college coach Nick Saban for his recent statements about college football.

Having won seven championships, one with LSU and the remaining with Alabama, Saban left coaching in 2024. Since moving away from the sidelines, he has been working as an analyst, speaking about the increasing problems in college football.

Just three days ago, it was announced that the CFP Playoffs were going to be extended to 24 teams, with ESPN agreeing to pay an additional $345 million annually over the next five years.

Saban was completely against the idea and spoke about it on College GameDay. He said: “There’s not 24 teams in the country that deserve to be in the playoffs. There were 12 teams last year. There were a couple of teams that got in that probably shouldn’t have. I don’t think there’s 24 teams in the country that can win the championship.”

Fehoko, who is not afraid to speak his mind, decided to call out Saban on his comments. His dig was aimed at what the coach did during his time with Alabama.

“Nick Saban was paying players illegally for years at Alabama. Everyone got NIL access and his a** ran from the grind. Now he’s the face of “protecting college sports”. Cut the s*** old man,” Fehoko wrote on X.

He also had another message for Saban. “Funny how Alabama became mid once the playing field leveled and teams could publicly pay players. Nick Saban couldn’t funnel money from those dealerships to players anymore, forcing him into retirement,” he added.

Saban won his last championship with Alabama in 2020. Now he had a few deep runs in the playoffs, but after the arrival of NIL in 2021, Saban failed to win a championship. However, that is not solely down to his coaching, as a lot has changed in college football since NIL.

With young players offered millions, the likelihood of them moving programs and choosing large contracts over their football future has increased. Saban has been one of the many who has stood against the current structure of NIL and even faced several United States senators and showed his support to Protect College Sports Act.

His backing gave the bill a lot of credibility, and it passed the U.S. Senate by a bipartisan vote of 77–22 and moved to the U.S. House of Representatives.