HOOVER, Ala. -- An AL.com report was released on Wednesday stating Paul Finebaum included information in his yet-to-be-released book about an offer last year from the University of Texas to Alabama head coach Nick Saban.
According to the advanced copy of the book, Saban was offered a $15 million signing bonus, and $100 million--plus incentives--to come coach the Longhorns.
Saban almost made it through his press conference without the Texas offer coming up. But the last question of the Thursday session at SEC Media Days, asked about the validity of Finebaum's claim.
"I didn't have any conversations with them," said Saban. "Nobody offered me anything."
Saban went on to say he was happy at Alabama, his wife, Terry, was happy at Alabama, and Tuscaloosa was a place the couple would "choose to end our career some day."
While the Alabama coach could have ended his comments after a simple denial, Saban decided to add a twinge of regret to the moment.
"If I had to do it over, I'd have just tried to stay in one place and establish a great program, and not have all these goals and aspirations of things that, eventually, you weren't happy doing," Saban said.
Saban is obviously extremely happy at Alabama, where he's been since 2007. It's also hard to imagine he'd be unhappy with his five seasons at LSU. Especially since his Tigers won the BCS Championship Game in 2003. He also brought Michigan State to new heights during his time in East Lansing, Mich. from 1995 to 1999.
Could Saban's regret stem from his two unsuccessful seasons with the Miami Dolphins? Maybe Saban wasn't, in hindsight, thrilled with his decision to jump back into the NFL, and that's what he was eluding to when he vocalized his desire to rewrite history, if he could.
Since this was the last question Saban answered on Thursday, clarity won't be obtained. But now the record has been set straight on the matter of the job front.
Saban was never offered $100 million to come coach at the University of Texas.
