Nick Saban’s retirement has created a social media firestorm. From false flight trackers to people claiming to have information on team meetings being pushed, everyone is trying to find out what is going on with a coaching search that will shape the next decade-plus of the sport.
Rumors circulated last night, including a report that Oregon head coach Dan Lanning was already in Tuscaloosa to interview for the job with University of Alabama Athletic Director Greg Byrne.
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Apparently, this was never accurate. Josh Pate of CBS Sports posted at 9:33 a.m. central time on Thursday morning saying Lanning has not been in Tuscaloosa at all this week.
Lanning liked the tweet from his personal account.
https://twitter.com/LateKickJosh/status/1745469021993009333
More interestingly, Lanning unliked the tweet just minutes later.
Given that a profile’s likes on Twitter/X is public, any user is able to see that Lanning had the tweet liked for a period of time.
This can be interpreted a few different ways and does not necessarily indicate anything regarding whether or not Lanning is going to be hired for the job — but it does at least confirm that the reports that he was already in Tuscaloosa are false.
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