Nick Saban Tells Pat McAfee His Honest Thoughts About State of WVU Program

Everyone knows Pat McAfee is a passionate Mountaineer, but people often forget Nick Saban is, too. Saban reminded McAfee whiling joining him on his show live from Dublin, Ireland to kickoff the 2024 college football season.

Saban made it clear he’s rooting for WVU and considers himself a proud Mountaineer from due to being a West Virginia native and having coaching in Morgantown as an assistant.

“West Virginia is about to run the table. Your thoughts as a West Virginia man,” asked McAfee. “Look, I’m a Mountaineer. That’s where I grew up. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the fact that you played there. I coached there. And I love my state,” responded Saban.

"I'm a Mountaineer and I love my state..

Hopefully that progrum will get back to having success" ~ Nick Saban #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/dEDTxh4cf0

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) August 23, 2024

The seven-time national champion then brought the West Virginia love fest down for a moment before lifting it up once again. “But their program has not been able to sustain a kind of success that they’ve had in the past, and hopefully they’ll get back to having that kind of success again in the future.”

Saban even smirked at McAfee when adding “with your impact on Name, Image and Likeness (NIL).”

It’s been a big week of WVU comments out of the Pat McAfee Show in anticipation for the Mountaineers’ big season opening game against Penn State.

Leave it to Pat McAfee to turn up the dial on the atmosphere that will take over Morgantown for WVU’s season opener against Penn State. Not only will Morgantown experience the pageantry that comes with a national showcase game, but McAfee will host his show live on the WVU campus that weekend.

McAfee announced the news during as segment of his show on Thursday. He’s alluded to wanting to do his show in Morgantown in the past, and now it’s officially going to happen.

The Friday, Aug. 30 edition of “The Pat McAfee Show” will broadcast live from near the Life Sciences Building, which sits right in the middle of WVU’s downtown campus. This is actually where the old Mountaineer Field was located.

And being able to host his show on location at WVU will also only add to McAfee’s own excitement for the matchup with Penn State.

What ya gonna do when West Virginia runs wild on you? That’s what McAfee asked Penn State during a segment of his show on Tuesday.

Pat McAfee Predicts West Virginia to ‘Run Wild’ on Penn State

After telling Penn State they need to look out for the Mountaineers in Week 1, McAfee complimented WVU head coach Neal Brown on his new rugged look and how aggressive he’s become when defending his team.

McAfee pointed to Brown’s rant from his recent appearance on the “Marty and McGee” show.

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