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Originally Posted by nik-

That "rumour" was a joke on an Alabama site that an SI writer got duped by.

hmmmm

The Associated Press has learned that a University of Texas regent and a former regent spoke with Alabama coach Nick Saban's agent about Saban coaching the Longhorns if Mack Brown retired.

Regent Wallace Hall of Dallas told the AP he spoke by telephone with agent Jimmy Sexton a few days after the Jan. 7 title game. Tom Hicks, a former regent who is the brother of current regent Steve Hicks, also was on the call. Tom Hicks, the former owner of the Texas Rangers, the Dallas Stars and the English professional soccer team Liverpool, was a regent in 1997 when Brown came to Texas and was instrumental in hiring him away from North Carolina.

Brown, who had just finished his 15th season at Texas, said he wanted to keep coaching, and the matter was dropped.

"Nothing went on that I know of. I haven't talked to anybody about that situation," Saban said Thursday on his weekly radio show. "... Quite frankly, I'm just too damn

Knowing sabans history, doesnt that almost guarentee that he is moving on?

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...ach-nick-saban