Nick Saban
Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) (L) shakes hands with University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team coach Nick Saban after an event on the South Lawn of the White House April 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Obama was joined by members of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team to celebrate their 2012 Allstate BCS National Championship win.
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Traditional games are important to our fans
So now we're going to mess that up by saying you've got to be a conference champion
I haven't heard anybody complain about how the teams get ranked ... To dismantle it and go to something completely different that has no track record of anything, I don't think is right. But I don't think that people complain about how the teams get ranked. They just complain that there's not enough teams playing.More quotes »
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Florida Gators' Will Muschamp just has to look at other SEC programs to see quick turnarounds are possible
DESTIN — If Florida coach Will Muschamp is looking for ways to turn a program around quickly, the SEC spring meeting is a good place to find ideas. Muschamp has been talking to fellow coaches about the future of the league, but he easily could have been 5/31/12 from Palm Beach Post Read more »
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Georgia Tech sends recruit 52 letters ... in one day
08:18 AM ET 05.31 | And yet this has nothing on Nick Saban's 105 letters earlier this spring. Charles Mack, a safety from Wesleyan, said he checked his mailbox last week and discovered a big package from Georgia Tech. It was really big. "I opened it up, from FanNation Read more »
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Saban is still waiting to see more leadership
DESTIN, Fla. -- Nick Saban isn't looking to compare his 2012 football team to past ones, but he'd like to take one key ingredient from 2011 and sprinkle it around his team right now, especially on defense. What Saban hopes to see more of from his defense from ESPN Read more »
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B1G's playoff position (pay attention, SEC)
For a league that prides itself on superior on-field speed, the SEC seems pretty slow in grasping the Big Ten's playoff position. Then again, SEC folks seem to bristle at anyone who doesn't pay homage to their greatness, kiss their feet and fall in line from ESPN Read more »
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Corn Flakes Hacks The University of Nebraska Student Information System
"It's self-absorbed people who are worried about how it affects their circumstance or their league rather than what's best for college football who would want to do that," Saban told SECSports.com. "It's not what's best for the fans because they've made from Corn Nation Read more »