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THANKS SO MUCH, STEPH. WE WILL CERTAINLY KEEP A CLOSE ON THE EYE ON THE WEATHER. AND BAMA FANS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE COACH SEARCH AS NICK SABAN ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT. AND �������� 13 JARVIS ROBERTSON. IS LIVE AND LOCAL THIS MORNING. HE’S OUTSIDE OF BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM. THAT’S WHERE FANS SHOWED UP BY THE DOZENS LAST NIGHT. A LOT OF THEM LEAVING BEHIND SOME OF COACH’S FAVORITE THINGS. YEAH. GOOD MORNING CARLA THIS IS A MOMENT THAT MANY ALABAMA FANS THEY WERE NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO. AND THAT IS COACH NICK SABAN RETIRING. SO IN ADDITION TO THESE COKE BOTTLES AND THE OATMEAL CREAM PIES, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST SHOWING UP TO SAY WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE LOVE YOU. GOOD LUCK IN WHATEVER YOUR NEXT CHAPTER MAY BE IN LIFE. BUT I WANT YOU GUYS TO SEE THE STATUE HERE BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE SOMEONE PLACED A SIGN THAT SAYS GOAT. WE ALSO HAVE BALLOONS, A PLETHORA OF ITEMS LEFT AT THE FEET OF THE COACH NICK SABAN STATUE. NOW, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, REPLACING HIM IS GOING TO BE A TALL TASK. AND AS COACH NICK SABAN RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING THAT HE’S ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF HIS 17 YEARS BEING HEAD COACH AT ALABAMA AND BECOMING PART OF THE TUSCALOOSA TUSCALOOSA COMMUNITY, HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE ALWAYS TRIED TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, AND THAT HE WILL ALWAYS CONSIDER ALABAMA OUR HOME AND ALL OF OUR NEEDS. A MOUNTAIN MOONLIGHT ROE TIME. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, CARLA THE BAMA FANS SHOWING UP BY THE DOZEN LAST NIGHT TO EXPRESS HOW MUCH NICK SABAN HAS MEANT TO THEM, SEVERAL FANS STILL CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS IT. I THINK THAT WE HAVE ALL LOOKED UP TO HIM AS AS FAMILY, AS MORE THAN A COACH, AS MORE THAN A LEADER. IT DIDN’T END THE WAY THAT WE WANTED IT TO THIS YEAR, BUT I THINK THAT THERE’S ENOUGH MEMORIES TO LAST A LIFETIME CHANGE. PEOPLE DON’T LIKE CHANGE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AN ICON DEMIGOD, IF YOU WILL. UH, THAT NICK SABAN IS IN THE SOUTH. UM, IT’S GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT ONE, AND I, I DON’T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT I AM SO EXCITED TO WATCH IT. YOU KNOW WHAT’S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT IT? YOU CAN PUT THE FANS IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. YOU HAVE TRUE ALABAMA FANS. YOU HAVE NICK SABAN FANS, AND YOU HAVE THE BANDWAGON FANS. ONE THING THAT THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO’S GOING TO BE NEXT. WHOEVER THAT PERSON IS, WE’LL LET YOU KNOW ONCE THEY’RE NAMED REPORTING LIVE IN TUSCALOOSA TH