Gage Goldberg, left, from Boerne Champion (Texas) High School, poses with his father Bill after a game. Gage Goldberg recently committed to Colorado as a preferred walk-on. (Photo courtesy of Gage Goldberg) Gage Goldberg was on the verge earlier this month of accepting a preferred walk-on opportunity to play football at Alabama. Then news broke that legendary Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban was retiring. “Literally our plans completely changed,” said Bill Goldberg, Gage’s father and a WWE Hall of Famer. It didn’t take long for the Goldbergs to find a nice backup plan.