PENSACOLA, Fla. | Nick Saban coaches at Alabama. He traveled to Northwest Florida to speak to a booster club on Tuesday night.
Talk of Saban and Texas can cross state lines freely.
Saban offered slight detail about his agent Jimmy Sexton's conversations with Texas, saying Sexton called him “about 15 times” to gauge his interest in the job.
The New York Times released an excerpt Saturday from an upcoming unauthorized Saban biography by author Monte Burke that detailed his flirtation with the Texas job in 2012 and 2013.
Saban didn't reference the excerpt directly on Tuesday, but did address Texas — almost a semi-annual obligation since 2012 — when asked by moderator Jerry Pate, an Alabama alumnus and 1976 U.