Nick Saban flips coin to pick winner of Texas-Georgia on 'College GameDay'

The top-four matchup is the game of the week, pitting two of the best teams in the SEC against one another.

output: Though the game itself is a top-four matchup that most view as a tossup, at least one had to abstain from the pick.

During a segment on ESPN's "College GameDay" on Saturday from Austin, Nick Saban was put on the spot to pick the winner of the Georgia-Texas game.

The matchup would be difficult enough to pick a winner from anyway, but for Saban, it was a tough choice between two former assistant coaches.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart served as Saban's defensive coordinator from 2007 to 2015 before taking over the Bulldogs. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian served as the offensive coordinator for Alabama from the 2019-20 seasons before taking the Longhorns coaching job.

So when Saban had to pick the winner of the Bulldogs-Longhorns matchup on Saturday, Saban himself abstained from the pick, saying he could not pick between “two assistants who contributed greatly to our success." He left the pick up to the fate of his pick up to a coin flip. While he did not clarify what the two sides of the coin meant, he picked Texas to win following the flip of the coin.