Lane Kiffin says he could have remained at Alabama as offensive coordinator through the national championship game if he had wanted to.
Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban, meanwhile, got testy on Tuesday when asked several times about how the Kiffin-to-Steve Sarkisian move would change preparation.
"We're in the planning stages right now, so I don't know why y'all keep asking me what changes we're going to make," he said in response to the first question asked on a media teleconference. "Dabo's a good friend of mine. Maybe I'll just call him up and tell him what we're going to do.