re: hypothetical silver lining if Saban stays..........

Did you not click the link in the OP? ESPN reporting Bama offering CNS an extension. Does that one not count?

ESPN radio has been talking about it all morning after they glazed over incognito no story. Listened to it on my way into work this morning.

This story has more legs then bama fans want to admit, which is understandable. It doesn't necessarily mean he's leaving, I still think at the end of the day he stays.

But I think him staying, with an extremely lavish extension that he's due, will have some effects on things that people might not consider. Which was the point of my OP in the first place.