TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Nick Saban was in as good a mood Wednesday as you’ll ever find him.
Standing at the podium at Alabama, he opened his annual signing day news conference by joking about how much he missed seeing the media the past few weeks. And for a solid couple of minutes, he thanked anyone he could think of, from the team chaplain to professors to fans. He used uncharacteristic words like “pleased” and “outstanding” to describe the culmination of a lot of hard work.
In what’s become a tradition around Tuscaloosa, signing day felt more like Christmas day for Saban, who signed a total of 20 four-star prospects in what ESPN ranked as the No.