Nick Saban Likes Winning Championships And Making Deez Nuts Jokes

What are two things that Nick Saban likes to do? Win championships and tell “deez nuts” jokes. Saban went on The Dan Patrick show and confirmed a longtime rumor that he likes to tell “deez nuts” jokes. Last year current Raider and former Alabama running back Josh Jacobs told a story about Saban joking around that seemed almost impossible to believe. “One day I caught like five passes in a row and he was like “Hey Josh, if you want to hold onto the ball, hold deez.” Saban gave some of the back story today and added that “at least the players remember something” from him.


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All this story confirms is that I want to hang out with Nick Saban, I think he has two moods: mad and funny. He seems like he really cares about his players in a tough Dad type of way, so if you are one of the kids he says he can joke around with on the offense, I feel like that has to be a pretty special relationship. Playing at a place with the standards that Alabama has would be tough but hearing one of the grumpiest people in the world tell a “deez nuts” joke would make it all worth it, I mean that and obviously the guaranteed NFL contract.


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