The boat didn't run out of gas, Nick Saban told ESPN on Monday.
A few days after the ultimate-offseason story went viral, the Alabama coach spoke to the network's Chris Low to explain the whole stranded boat situation.
It was the fuel pump, Saban told ESPN.
"Brand spanking new, and it's the first time I'd been out in it," Saban said in the ESPN story. "So, when it stalled, I'm thinking, 'Oh my gosh. I bought a new boat, and they didn't put gas in it.' I didn't even think about it.