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SEC Championship Game: 5 bold predictions

By John Buhler

Nov 26, 2016; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Hurts (2) scrambles out of the pocket against the Auburn Tigers during the second quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 26, 2016; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Hurts (2) scrambles out of the pocket against the Auburn Tigers during the second quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 1, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban and offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin on the sidelines in the second quarter of the 2015 Sugar Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 1, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban and offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin on the sidelines in the second quarter of the 2015 Sugar Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports /

2. Nick Saban is going to yell at Lane Kiffin at least once.

While it doesn’t happen every game, like the annual flooding of the Nile River in Egypt, it’s going to happen on Saturday. Alabama head coach Nick Saban is going to ream offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin at least once in the 2016 SEC Championship. Every camera in Atlanta will pick it up and it will trend on the internet for the next week or so.

Could it be the Tabor pick-six of Hurts? Maybe toss the football to running back Bo Scarbrough on a fourth and three from the Alabama 35-yard line was a horrible idea? Either way, Saban is a defensive-minded coach that will ridicule Kiffin publicly for an offensive series that was an utter disaster in the first half.

Alabama will overcome that debacle of a drive, Kiffin and Saban will be cool when the clock strikes zero, and the Crimson Tide will win the 2016 SEC Championship Game. However, this will be the final straw for Kiffin in Tuscaloosa.

Kiffin will troll his second SEC school by leaving Alabama to become the LSU Tigers offensive coordinator for his close friend Ed Orgeron, LSU’s new full-time head coach. Alabama will survive Kiffin’s departure by promoting another former USC Trojans head coach Steve Sarkisian to offensive coordinator in 2017.

Get excited to see Kiffin roll his eyes once Saban turns away after giving his too-good-to-be-here offensive coordinator another melodramatic verbal lashing. The bigger question is if Kiffin will give Saban the I’m-just-done-with-you-dude look post berating?

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