"I'm not going to be the Alabama coach", said Saban on December 21.
Last Wednesday, during a press conference with the Indianapolis media, he apparently reached the end of his rope.
''I'm going to put (the rumors) away right now. I'm just making a rule that I'm never going to comment on something like that again because every time you comment, it makes another story. So I'm done."
"Five years from now, I won't comment on it. Next week, I won't comment on it. I'm done.''
On January 3, 2007, following a meeting with Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga, Saban announced that he had accepted an offer to become Alabama's 27th head coach
Call me crazy. Cause I am.