Nick Saban calls out Desmond Howard for never picking Ohio State

College Football is back. This is the first weekend that games are back and the Ohio State football team is ready to win a national championship. While they don't play this week, they will play next week in Week 1 to start their long journey to a national title.

This weekend is also the first weekend that College Gameday is on the air. While Lee Corso was not on set for this first episode, he will be back for Week 1. Nick Saban took his spot on set. Saban actually called out Desmond Howard for doing something he's been doing for years.

While everyone was going around talking about who was going to win each conference. When the Big Ten came up, Howard made his pick for the winner and it wasn't Ohio State. He actually picked Oregon to win the conference. That's when Saban pounced on him.

Nick Saban calls out Desmond Howard for never picking Ohio State for anything

After Howard picked the Ducks, Saban said, "You can never pick Ohio State, can you?". Howard then went on to say that it was like giving someone the benefit of the doubt when they don't deserve it. Howard went on to double down on his Oregon pick and picked them to win the national championship.

I have no issue with him picking Oregon to win it all. They are a great team and it's a reasonable pick. But Howard has a track record of never picking Ohio State for anything. Saban called him out on that and it was funny to see him do that right off the bat.

The Ohio State football team just needs to out and take care of business to make Howard eat his words. They have perhaps the best roster in college football. This could be a season to prove all of the haters wrong.