Daily Archives: December 7, 2012

Associated Press story on Saban’s visit to Big Apple

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In this photo provided by NASDAQ, Alabama head coach Nick Saban, left, poses with Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly outside of the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York on Wednesday. (AP photo by NASDAQ, Zef Nikolla)

Alabama coach Nick Saban and Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly attended a news conference Wednesday in New York, and you can click hereto read The Associated Press’ report.

Here’s a taste:

NEW YORK — Brian Kelly and Nick Saban expect many restless nights between now and the BCS championship game Jan. 7.

Kelly and top-ranked Notre Dame play Saban and No. 2 Alabama in Miami. The coaches appeared together at a news conference Wednesday at the Nasdaq stock exchange in Times Square.

“And in keeping with the venue where we are, you have two blue chip stocks that are going to go against each other,” Kelly said.

Asked what about their opponent will keep them up at night, Kelly and Saban both said there is plenty to worry about.

“Are you kidding me? Really?” Kelly said. “Everything about them.”

Saban’s response: “For me, I never sleep well, so Notre Dame is just the excuse now.”

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Ex-Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian’s foundation and where to go to donate

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Former Notre Dame head coach Ara Parseghian arrives at the Home Depot College Football Awards in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Thursday. (AP photo by John Raoux)

If you watched the college football awards show Thursday night, you saw former Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian receive the NCFAA Contributions to College Football Award.

Parseghian spoke about having lost three grandchildren to Niemann-Pick Type C disease, which is a genetic disorder dealing with cholesteral storage. The former coach began the Ara Parseghian Medial Research Foundation to help find a cure, and he said it has raised more than $40 million.

If you would like to know more about the foundation and how to dontate, click here.

Alabama coach Bear Bryant lost two bowl games to Notre Dame when Parseghian coached the Irish, 24-23 in the Sugar Bowl on Dec. 31, 1973 and 13-11 in the Orange Bowl in Jan. 1, 1975. Bryant thought well of Parseghian. He revealed a bit about that in “Bear,” his 1974 biography.

He wrote this about that Sugar Bowl loss:

“I got a letter from Ara Parseghian shortly afterward, the only one I ever received from a coach who beat me. He said how much his group had enjoyed playing us, how wrong the impressions were beforehand. (They pictured us as a bunch of rednecks, and we had some thoughts about them, too.) He said how much everybody got out of the game, and how great it was for college football that now had a series going. It was very gracious, Ara’s letter. One I’d love to have written him.”

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Tide takes a break for semester exams

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The University of Alabama will head into semester exams, beginning Monday.

The Crimson Tide football team hasn’t practiced since winning the SEC Championship Game and won’t return to the field until Dec. 15, which is the day after exams end.

Alabama’s basketball team, which fell Wednesday 81-76 to Dayton, won’t play again until Dec. 15 at Virginia Commonwealth. The Crimson Tide won’t practice during exam week, either, although players will work out when they can.

“I’ll try to get to the gym as much as possible, along with studying,” Alabama basketball player Rodney Cooper said.

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How about Kirby Smart as Alabama’s next coach?

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In an interview with 97.3-FM The Zone in Birmingham, the wife of Alabama coach Nick Saban said Tide defensive coordinator Kirby Smart would be a good choice to succeed her husband, when he retires eventually.

Coachingsearch.com reported on Terry Saban‘s interview with Kevin Scarbinsky and Scott Griffin:

“I can tell you Nick would never presume to think he had that kind of power,” she said. “He really respects our administration. He could give an opinion. Could Kirby do the job and do we think he’d be a great fit? Yes, of course. We believe that, we think that, he would be a great fit here and be able to move right in. But Nick is one of these guys to believe he has a place at the university.”

Click here for audio of the complete interview.

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