Nick Saban was all jokes Tuesday when asked about his Emmy nomination for his work on ESPN.

“Must have been not a good year for people in the Emmys,” Saban said with a laugh.

The former Alabama coach and college football analyst has been nominated for the Sports Emmy in the outstanding personality/ emerging on-air talent category.

“It’s always an honor to be nominated for anything,” the 73-year-old said. “There’s always so many people who contribute to it.”

The other nominees for the award included Prime Video’s Ryan Fitzpatrick and Richard Sherman, ESPN’s Jason Kelce and CBS’ Jay Wright. The Sports Emmy ceremony will be held May 20.

“A new experience,” Saban said Tuesday. “A lot of people helped contribute to learning how to do it. I certainly appreciate them and thank them for that. We had a really good team of people who has lots of experience, I think, helped me fit in the program.”

He certainly made headlines for the show.

AL.com reported that the Federal Communications Commission did receive three complaints regarding Saban’s use of profanity on the show. However, as ESPN is a cable channel and not subject to the same obscenity rules as over-the-air television, the FCC took no action against the network.

One of those complaints could have come from one of his first broadcasts when he was talking NIL.

He also had the “College GameDay” crew laughing hysterically during the broadcast from State College ahead of Penn State-Ohio State when the panel got fed.

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.