FAYETTEVILLE -- It turns out Nick Saban is an admirer of University of Arkansas basketball.
Saban, in his 12th season as Alabama's football coach, said last week on his radio show that he wants the Crimson Tide to compete like the Razorbacks' 1994 national championship basketball team.
"The old Arkansas basketball coach, Nolan Richardson, his motto for his team that won the national championship was 'Forty Minutes of Hell. We want to put pressure on the other team for 40 minutes in the game until they break,' " Saban said. "That's something that we've been trying to get our team to do.