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Nick Saban statue already in progress, could be unveiled on A-Day, report says
By Press-Register staff
January 29, 2010, 6:13AM

The statue of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban already is in progress and could be done in time for the annual A-Day spring game, the Tuscaloosa News reports.

University of Alabama athletics director Mal Moore said soon after Alabama won the national championship that the university likely would place a statue of Saban outside Bryant-Denny Stadium in an area called the "Walk of Champions."

The plaza already has statues of other coaches who've won national championships at Alabama.

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Finebaum: Urban Meyer should win the Waffle House's Man of the Year award
By Paul Finebaum
January 26, 2010, 5:01AM

A week from now, most of the Internet sites will declare the University of Florida as national champs in recruiting. It's a small consolation since the Gators, everybody's pick to win a second straight BCS title back in August, were rolled in Atlanta by Alabama, shattering their hopes and dreams.

Don't be surprised if Waffle House also has a big announcement: That Urban Meyer will receive the chain's "Man of the Year Award" for the person who did the most waffling in the past 12 months.

Just in time to put a spin on his epic recruiting class, Meyer nonchalantly announced Saturday night at halftime of a meaningless basketball game that he was returning to coach spring practice. In his first public comments since the Sugar Bowl, Meyer said he's gained 20 pounds and is feeling better.

How many middle-aged men do you know who see gaining 20 pounds as a good thing?

The statement, coming exactly four weeks after he announced his resignation, has given the frenzied and fraught Gator Nation reason to finally rejoice.

Pardon me if I'm not buying anything Flipper has to say.

This is the part of the column where protocol usually prompts one to say that he respects Meyer and wishes him the best. I'm supposed to say I don't know what's going on his head because I am not a psychiatrist.

But I'll leave that for the rest of the media.

Call me crazy, but I believed Flipper the first time when he said he was resigning and I haven't bought anything he's been shoveling since.

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