President Donald Trump erroneously refers to Alabama coach Nick Saban as Lou Saban – USA TODAY

President Donald Trump may not have actually endeared himself to Alabama Crimson Tide fans while backing former college football coach and existing U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Tuberville.
And its not since Tuberville was when the head football coach for Alabamas biggest rival.
On an election eve teleconference with Tuberville — who was endorsed by Trump for Tuesdays overflow against Jeff Sessions for the Republican nomination for the Senate– Trump mixed politics with sports and the outcomes were funny.
The football part of the teleconference went sideways when Trump talked up Tubervilles record at Auburn against rival Alabama.
” Really successful coach,” Trump said of Tuberville, according to AL.com. “Beat Alabama, like six in a row, but we wont even mention that.”
Trump perhaps indicated to reference Alabamas existing iconic coach, other than …
” As he said … because due to the fact that that, maybe we got em Lou Saban,” Trump said. ” … And hes excellent, Lou Saban, what a fantastic job hes done.”
Lou Saban, who enjoyed a vagabond half-century existence as a football coach, died in 2009. He was 0-1 as a college head coach in games against Alabama, with his Miami Hurricanes on the wrong end of a 36-0 defeat to Bear Bryants Tide group in 1977.
Nick Saban, Alabamas real coach, has led the Crimson Tide to five national champions. Saban split his two conferences versus Tuberville-coached Auburn in 2007-08. From 1999-2008, Tuberville went 7-3 against Alabama, including a six-game win streak in the Iron Bowl from 2002-07.
Lou Saban was the first head coach in Patriots history, and went on to lead the Buffalo Bills to successive American Football League championships in 1964-65. He also coached at several levels of college football, in the Arena Football League, along with at the high school level..
Lou Saban likewise provided one of the most popular lines ever captured by the cams of NFL Films: “Theyre eliminating me, Whitey. Theyre killing me!”.