Saban at Bama?

I've avoided the Bama coaching debacle like the plague because:

A) My friends are from Bama and they'd yell at me
B) It's about as pointless as the Favre debate. We'll know when we know, you know?
C) It's more of a circus than P.T. Barnum ever had


among other reasons, but a lot of the recent talk about Saban and the contract he was offered is about how he'll be the highest paid coach in college football.

A tidbit I'd forgotten, until Todd brought it up here, is that Saban was already the highest paid coach in all of college football - in 2005.

His contract allowed that if he were to win a national championship, his salary would top the highest paid coach's by $1. There was much talk about this "funny" clause shortly after LSU won the championship in 2004.

So the nay-sayers need to find a new bone to chew, this one's all used up...