re: Rick Reilly pulls Saban's pants down

If Little Nicky doesn't care bout the national media, then why doesn't he take them on like he does the locals? He never talks this way to ESPN or any of the national sports outlets. He knows he has the locals completely browbeaten & can & does treat them like his red headed step son. His farewell press conference when he left LSU was down in Fla. for the bowl game & he was surrounded by the local, then adoring local media. His final press conference when he left the Fins was in Alabama, when he was again surrounded by the local media who treated him like a god. He's a media prick; unfortunately, he is also a great college football coach.