Saban helped shape Muschamp's coaching philosophy
Tim Griffin, Big 12...their Peach Bowl game a few days later. While there, Muschamp met first-year LSU coach Nick Saban. Both of their lives changed from that moment. The then-Valdosta State defensive coordinator was hired...
Blog | December 22, 2009My Big 12 confidence picks
Tim Griffin, Big 12Many of you have written to me over the last several days asking me about my bowl picks for various confidence pools. Obviously, these games aren't...
Blog | December 17, 2009Brown receives new contract and is named Robinson finalist
Tim Griffin, Big 12...Patterson Oregon coach Chip Kelly Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly Alabama coach Nick Saban Boise State coach Chris Petersen The winner of the FWAA/Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year...
Blog | December 09, 2009Big 12 lunch links: Texas football program awash in revenue
Tim Griffin, Big 12...strategy in the final seconds of the Nebraska game and predicts he will be exposed by Nick Saban in the BCS title game. The Denver Post's John Henderson's annual bowl-game party...
Blog | December 09, 2009Big 12 mailbag: UT couldn't ask for better motivator than Big 12 title game
Tim Griffin, Big 12...Longhorns will be the presence of Will Muschamp on Brown's staff. If anybody knows about Nick Saban and his play-calling habits it will be Muschamp, who coached with him at LSU and...
Blog | December 08, 2009Big 12 lunch links: Will Nutt end up at Kansas?
Tim Griffin, Big 12...Dallas Morning News' Chuck Carlton that he plans to lean on Will Muschamp's expertise of Nick Saban's offensive system. ESPN Rise ranks Adrian Peterson as one of the decade's top 10...
Blog | December 08, 2009Big 12 lunch links: Former CU player becoming opera star
Tim Griffin, Big 12...Jack Wright all spent a day last week in Tuscaloosa, Ala., discussing strategy with Alabama coach Nick Saban and his staff, the Tulsa World's Dave Sittler reports. Forget about U.S...
Blog | August 05, 2009How powerful are Stoops and Brown among the coaches?
Tim Griffin, Big 12...s Joe Paterno (fourth), Florida State's Bobby Bowden (seventh) and Alabama's Nick Saban (eighth). Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski ranks at the top of the poll...
Blog | August 05, 2009Meyer's new deal pushes Stoops down list
Tim Griffin, Big 12...year) and Notre Dame's Charlie Weis ($4.2 million per year). Alabama's Nick Saban is fourth at $3.9 million per year, LSU's Les Miles at fifth at...
Blog | August 03, 2009Alabama-OSU meet in Big 12-SEC battle of No. 3 teams
Tim Griffin, Big 12...play: Little Rock, Ark. (283 miles from Stillwater, 295 miles from Tuscaloosa) Who wins: Alabama. Why: Nick Saban got his team to the brink of the SEC championship last season. And he clearly wants...
Blog | July 08, 2009Big 12 lunch links: How about UT-Alabama in a future series?
Tim Griffin, Big 12...Wyoming trip through the pastry wagon might bite them in the BCS this season. Alabama coach Nick Saban checked in with reporters before leaving on vacation. Among the topics he broached was the Crimson...
Blog | June 19, 2009Tim's mailbag: Will UT be hurt by its weak nonconference schedule
Tim Griffin, Big 12Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin Here are some of the more interesting letters I received from readers this week. Thanks for the good questions an...
Blog | June 12, 2009Cornhuskers second in nation in spring-game attendance
Tim Griffin, Big 12...050 to Bryant-Denny Stadium -- down from an NCAA-record 92,138 in 2007 in coach Nick Saban's first season. Making the Cornhuskers' number even more impressive is that...
Blog | April 21, 2009Big 12 lunchtime links: Toledo trip could be CU's 12th game
Tim Griffin, Big 12...spent some of his spring break last weekend visiting with his old boss, Alabama coach Nick Saban, Austin American-Statesman beat writer Suzanne Halliburton reports. Colt McCoy, Sam Bradford, Zac Robinson and...
Blog | March 17, 2009Dre Kirkpatrick chooses Alabama over Texas
Tim Griffin, Big 12Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin Dre Kirkpatrick, the nation's No. 1 cornerback according to Scouts Inc., decided to stay close to home by&nbs...
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