Alabama struggled in the first half of their game against Ole Miss on Saturday, so it was no surprise to see Nick Saban more agitated than usual. Following a false start penalty called on Austin Shepherd just before halftime, Saban exploded like you’ve never seen before.

Not only did the false start cost the team five yards when they were trying to set up for a field goal or touchdown, but it also forced them to use their final timeout of the half to avoid a 10-second runoff.

The Saban was angry that day, my friends. He was shaking so badly he looked like he had been electrocuted.

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Nick Saban brushed aside any rumors that he might be interested in the Texas Longhorns coaching job should it become available, saying on Thursday that he is happy in Tuscaloosa and too old to start over at another job.

The rumors came up after the AP reported that Saban’s agent spoke with Texas regents shortly after Alabama won the national championship in January. Saban was asked about the situation during his weekly radio show on Thursday and said that nothing went on as far as he knew.

“Nothing went on that I know of. I don’t know about any of this stuff,” Saban said on the show. “I haven’t talked to anybody about that particular situation. They have a coach there.”

Saban also noted that there seems to be annual rumors about him leaving Bama.

“Every year it’s something. Last year it was the Cleveland Browns,” Saban said, via AL.com. “The year before that it was somebody else, the NFL. Terry and I are very happy here in Tuscaloosa. We’re really love the University of Alabama. We really feel like a part of the community here and we have a lot of good friends here.

“And, quite frankly,” Saban said, “I’m just too damn old to start over somewhere else.”

Saban may be happy at Alabama and focused solely on winning his fourth national championship in five seasons, but he shouldn’t act like he’s above switching jobs. He left LSU for the Miami Dolphins, and then he left the Dolphins for Alabama. He left Miami shortly after telling everyone he wasn’t going to be the next coach of the Dolphins. So excuse us, Saban, if we don’t take your word at face value.

Saban, by the way, is 61 years old. He still has plenty of time to go to a powerhouse like Texas and turn it back into a title contender.

By all indications, Alabama coach Nick Saban is a physically fit individual. If you didn’t know how old he was, you would have trouble guessing 61 just by looking at him. While that is not surprising considering he is the best coach in college football, it becomes a bit more puzzling when you hear about part of his dietary routine.

GQ magazine writer Warren St. John followed Saban around recently for a lengthy profile that will be published next month. One of the more interesting revelations in the piece is that Saban eats the same thing for breakfast and lunch every day. The breakfast part is pretty hilarious.

Saban is a fit 61, owing in part to regular pickup basketball games with staff, a frenetic pace on and off the field, and a peculiarly regimented diet. He doesn’t drink. For breakfast, he eats two Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies; for lunch, a salad of iceberg lettuce, turkey, and tomatoes. The regular menu, he says, saves him the time of deciding what to eat each day, and speaks to a broader tendency to habituate his behaviors.

I don’t know what’s funnier — the fact that Saban eats Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies every day or his reason for doing it. The average person probably spends no more than a few minutes figuring out what they want for breakfast and lunch, but in the life of Saban that’s valuable time that can’t be wasted.

Saban also admitted that the “Satan” persona the fans and media have created for him over the years has bothered him.

“It used to upset me,” he says. “I would come and say to my wife, ‘I’m not like that at all. Why do these guys say I’m that way?’ And she would say, ‘You ever watch yourself in a press conference?’ You can blame the other guy for saying it, or you can look at yourself and say, ‘I must have contributed to this.’”

We can attest to that. Saban has a reputation for running an incredibly tight ship, which is why his teams have won three of the last four national championships. However, Satan would never eat Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies. Now that we know Saban does, we can probably ditch the nickname.

H/T Dr. Saturday