Baton Rouge still Saban's kind of town.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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COPYRIGHT 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinal

Byline: Ethan J. Skolnick

BATON ROUGE, La. _ The winning owner strolled off the field first, toward the canopy, head high, gait proud.

``Hey, Wayne, you bought a good coach!''

Then came the rustling and the shuffling and the pushing and the pointing.

``Here comes Saban! Here comes Saban!''

Then came the whistling.

Then came the chanting: ``LSU, LSU!''

Nick Saban stopped, to deliver kisses to family, to offer fresh autographs and new hellos to fans who received his official goodbye last Christmas, after five years including a 29-6 home record and a national title. The chant did not stop. It was merely joined by others, and countless other words of congratulation. These postgame greetings ushered him through the makeshift tunnel leading to Tiger Stadium's dark underbelly, until he entered the tiny...

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