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Saban not ready to annoy wife

ATLANTA -- There's some bad news for 13 SEC head football coaches.

Nick Saban, the 66-year-old Alabama coach who has won five national championships in his 11 years with the Crimson Tide, has no plans to retire any time soon.

Asked whether he might become only the second 70-year-old SEC head coach behind Steve Spurrier, or whether his wife, Terry, might have other ideas, Saban went for the punchline first.

"Well, let me say this," Saban said Wednesday during SEC football media days. "Mrs. Terry doesn't want me at home. I can tell you that. She doesn't care if I'm 60, 70 or 80.