jimmy sexton read in SI

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Saban began to tell a story. He was attempting to illustrate how big a role Sexton plays in his life. Saban calls Sexton "one of my best friends," as Sexton's family vacations at Saban's lake house. Saban said he knows the latest scores of Parker Sexton, Jimmy's middle son, a top junior golfer.
"There's not many parts of your life you're 100 percent satisfied with," Saban said. "With this one, I'm about just about 100 percent satisfied."

To help explain why, Saban winds back to the end of the 1996 season, when he was still the coach at Michigan State. Saban said he had a chance to leave the Spartans to become the coach of the New York Giants. Saban told the Giants that he needed an answer by a Thursday night, as he had a critical recruiting weekend coming up. He promised his university president that he'd make a decision by 11 p.m.
Saban said Giants co-owner John Mara called to offer him the job on Friday morning. He said he turned it down because he had already informed Michigan State officials that he was staying. Saban blamed his agent at the time -- whom he declined to name -- for spreading word through the New York media that the Giants couldn't pay Saban enough.

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When Nutt did leave, he says he asked Broyles to initiate contact with Ole Miss to let administrators know of his interest in the job. Broyles obliged, and Sexton eventually negotiated the deal.

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