Nick Saban and his wife Terry have just arrived in Tuscaloosa, where he will be introduced as the University of Alabama’s 27th head football coach tomorrow morning at 10:00. This is a superstar hire who has a handful of peers (Spurrier, Stoops, Carroll, guys like that) but no superiors. Alabama could not have done better. … Read more
Well, well. Seems Nick Saban has moved from emphatic denial to tight-lipped ambiguity on the subject of the Alabama job. Also seems Mal Moore is on the ground in Miami this evening. Most reports are that we’ve offered him an 8-year, $40 million deal, and that he’ll say one way or the other as soon … Read more
He’s staying with the Mountaineers. Best to him. So now it’s essentially November 27 again, except whoever we talk to now knows he’s our fourth choice (or worse). Sigh. Is there another beer?