Former Hawkeye Once Got Nick Saban a Stripper

Remember Matt Roth?

He was a huge defensive end for the University of Iowa football team from 2001 through 2004. Roth was a two-time First Team All-Big Ten selection and an All-American selection as a senior at Iowa.

So, his legacy is already pretty good, but then came this:

According to a story on Deadspin, Roth once got together with some teammates to get Nick Saban a stripper. Here's an excerpt from the article:

At the Miami Dolphins’ annual rookie talent show, Matt Roth and Channing Crowder—the second- and third-round draft picks, respectively, that year—decided to team up for their act. Instead of trying to sing or dance or tell jokes, they opted to go with something a bit bolder. With the coaches, players, and staff gathered in an auditorium at the Dolphins’ headquarters, Crowder called the rookie head coach up to the stage, which had, as a prop, a single chair. “I looked out into the crowd and said, ‘Hey, Coach, we just appreciate you giving us the chance to play in the NFL, and we want to show you some love,’ ” says Crowder. With that, he pointed to the chair and invited Saban to sit down.

Saban, somewhat reluctantly, obliged. He sat facing Crowder and Roth. At that moment, Kay-Jay Harris, an undrafted free agent who had been signed by the team, was supposed to start playing some loud club music over the speakers, but he couldn’t figure out how to get the CD player to work. The “surprise” that Crowder and Roth had in store for Saban didn’t wait for her cue, however. From behind him, a stripper—dressed in high heels, a very small bikini, and a Jason Taylor Dolphins jersey—pranced out of a door and onto the stage. She touched Saban’s back. He flinched. When she walked around to face Saban, he shot straight up in his chair. 

The story ends with Saban bolting from the stage, embarrassed, and quickly leaving the team facility.

Matt Roth. Legacy cemented.