The gloves are off. From writers at ESPN.com to the message boards & blogs to the rowdy LSU fans in down New Orleans, Nick Saban is catching serious heat. Not that he cares. With that kind of guaranteed money, who would? We’re not surprised by the fans and message boarders, but we didn’t expect members of the major media to be so blunt. Keep reading →

Chris Mortensen is on ESPN (via telephone) recounting some high-drama confrontation between Nick and Wayne Huizenga at Saban’s home this morning. Supposedly Saban said he regretted leaving LSU but would stay at Miama if Huizenga asked him to. Huizenga then allegedly got “very emotional” and told Saban he had to “follow his heart”.
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ESPN.com is reporting that Miami coach Nick Saban has asked Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga to give him until Wednesday to announce a decision on whether he’ll stay with the Dolphins or head over to Tuscaloosa.

It was reported earlier that Bama wanted an answer by this afternoon. No word yet on if they’re willing to extend the deadline, although we’re sure they are, especially if they feel confident they’re going to get the answer they way.

Based on this development, we’re altering our earlier prediction.
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(New Orelans, LA) Allstate Sugar Bowl officials today threatened to send a hefty bill to Notre Dame University if second-year head football coach Charlie Weis continued to eat the little football players off the tops of Sugar Bowl trophies during media events.
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We’ve got a busy day today, so here’s a bunch of stuff to keep you from doing whatever it is you’re supposed to be doing.

• Stank at College Football Report has a good rundown of the Boise State beatdown of Oklahoma last night in the Fiesta Bowl.
• S at LSUnpredictable has something on former LSU running back Domanick Davis changing his name. Hell, we’d be embarrassed to play for that team too, dude, but this seems a bit harsh.
• We weren’t the only ones who thought the Rose Bowl was little more than an infomercial for Pete Carroll and USC.
• Blue-Grey Sky, an outstanding Notre Dame blog, and frankly one of the best written sports blogs for any team, has a top-notch LSU vs Notre Dame Sugar Bowl matchup analysis. Long, but definitely worth it.
• This isn’t new, but in case you missed it last week, LSU blog And The Valley Shook and Notre Dame blog Her Loyal Sons interviewed each other and posted the results on their respective sites.
• Kevin at Fanblogs.com has a good roundup of ongoing college football coaching dramas. He notes that fired Arizona State coach Dirk Koetter is the prime candidate to be Randy Shannon’s OC at Miami. We were kinda hoping he’d get strong consideration here, what with Jimbo all but certain to bail out, but we haven’t heard his name much.
• Darrent Williams, the Denver Broncos player who was fatally shot Monday, played for Les Miles at Oklahoma State.

More later if we have time, or if anything major breaks on the Nick Saban to Alabama circus.