Urban Meyer delivers strong take on Nick Saban possibly returning to coaching

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Could legendary Alabama coach Nick Saban return to the sidelines? That’s an absolute possibility, according to his former quarterback, Greg McElroy, who floated the idea on Monday.

Now, former coach Urban Meyer has a take on the rumored return. But perhaps not how you might think. Meyer joined the The Herd with Colin Cowherd on Thursday afternoon. Cowherd suggested that he felt Saban might still have not just an itch, but a ‘scratch’ for the NFL.

The former Florida and Ohio State coach, who said he’s close with Saban, not only agreed. He agreed emphatically.

“You know, I have not talked to him about this. I would guess, because I know him fairly well and competed against him, that it’s not a little scratch,” Meyer said. “It’s probably a pretty big scratch. That’s the one area that he has not… you know, like you said, he was getting things going at Miami. I actually visited him while he was down there.

“I don’t think he would go back to college. I don’t see that fit. The whole idea that ‘where the heck is Alabama? Why are they not in the top 10 in spending’ I don’t understand that one. And coach (Kalen) DeBoer , I’d be asking some hard questions, say ‘What’s the problem here? We can’t compete, we can’t pay our players.’ So I agree with you.

“I would say very little to no chance he would get involved in college, but I think he would take phone calls from the NFL.”

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