Why did Nick Saban refuse to wear LSU football colors in the making of the movie "The Blind Side"?

Back in 2017, a fan asked Nick Saban to compare the difficulty of coaching at Alabama to his experience acting in "The Blind Side." Saban, known for his wit, responded with an amusing story.

The Blind Side is a 2009 biographical sports drama that tells the story of Michael Oher, an American football offensive lineman who overcame an impoverished upbringing to make it to the NFL.

It's worth noting that, at the time of the film's shooting, Saban held the position of head coach at the University of Alabama. However, the timeline depicted in the movie was Saban's time with LSU.

Saban revealed that he refused to wear the colors of the LSU Tigers in the film as he did not want to tick off Alabama fans.

“I did no acting in The Blind Side. It was not considered acting. They gave me a script, the director gave me a script. I didn’t want to be in the movie because I was the coach here (Alabama), and I was the coach at LSU in the movie so I thought the fans here would all get mad at me if I was the LSU coach in a movie," he said.

"So I refused and Fred Smith, who was a pretty powerful guy with FedEx and all that, produced the movie and talked me into doing it."

Nick Saban's amazing coaching record

The record for the most national championships as a college football coach belongs to Nick Saban. He led the Alabama Crimson Tide to six national championships and clinched his first title with LSU in 2003.

Saban's record as a college head coach is 280–69–1.

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