Pat McAfee Speaks on Nick Saban's Interest in the West Virginia Job

It doesn't sound like the greatest coach of all-time is set to be the next leader at WVU.

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Just hours after West Virginia announced that they would be parting ways with head football coach Neal Brown, former WVU punter/kicker Pat McAfee made a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that got West Virginia fans all excited.

"I’ve been on the phone quite a bit… something special is possible.. is in a great spot. I have faith he’s gonna get it right."

The immediate reaction was that he was talking about either his co-host on College GameDay, Nick Saban, or his former West Virginia head coach, Rich Rodriguez. Most fans leaned into the Saban-to-WVU side of it, but McAfee helped slow down that locomotive on his show Monday afternoon.

"I saw a lot of people tweeting after my tweet like Coach Saban is coming back to save us. I think Coach Saban is having a good time. I think Coach Saban is enjoying College GameDay. I don't think he's getting back into coaching. I have asked him a thousand times if he's coming to coach West Virginia. But I do believe he is interested in helping West Virginia, which is I think very good news in this entire conversation."

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