An illustrated guide to the recruiting visit at Nick Saban's house (ESPN)

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In an area of Tuscaloosa County packed with trees, down a long driveway lies Alabama's secret weapon. It's 8,759 square feet. It sits on almost two acres. It has a fleet of golf carts. It's Nick Saban's house.

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If you're like Wills, a top recruit arriving at the home of Nick and Terry Saban, you know you've made it. But, first you have to get past security.

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"[Saban] has this really, really cool Mercedes everyone was going crazy over," Wills said. "It was like a sports race car. It looked like it could go about 300 miles-per-hour, it was a charcoal grey that looked brand new. Not a convertible, just a normal sports car. He got in it for us and gassed it up and that thing sounded like a lion."

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So once they make it past the muscle out front, and the muscle car parked nearby, recruits need to be entertained, right?

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That's when Saban walks them into their in-home recruiting lounge. It has a big TV, Ping-Pong table and a pool table. On the walls, all around the lounge, are photos of some of the best players to ever suit up for Saban at Alabama. "If it'd had an X-Box, it would be perfect," Wills said.

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For a little alone time with Saban, recruits will head to the coach's office. In there, the swag is measured in karats. "The first thing that really caught my eyes were a lot of diamonds, just shining in my face," Wright said. "First thing [Saban] said, 'Oh yeah, we love jewelry here.' All you could see was a lot of diamonds."

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But there's more. Behind the house, once past all the all-time greats and diamonds, the property has access to a lake. To get there, a trail through the woods must be navigated. For that, there are the golf carts. Recruits say they're parked en masse in his driveway. But, really, they're for racing to the lake, where the recruits can hang out, swim and ride Jet-skis.

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