re: Don't mean to anger anyone with this but I have a question regarding Saban.

Saban's Agent called Joe Dean who was the AD at the time and said Saban was interested in talking about the LSU job. After he immediately checked with his consulting firm in Dallas? Dean immediately rushed to Emmert and told him. Emmert had Saban down for an interview and they reached a tentative agreement depending on Daban's wife Terri liking Baton Rouge and LSU. Terri Saban came down and visited and approved so LSU made Saban the first $1MM coach.

Saban wanted to move for several reasons. One was MSU played 2nd fiddle to U of MI. The second was the President of MSU refused to play Saban the bonus he received for taking MSU to a bowl. He told Saban his $600K salary was enough, that he as President did not make that much.