Nick Saban, Brian Kelly dodge NFL questions, turn focus to BCS | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Nick Saban, Brian Kelly dodge NFL questions, turn focus to BCS | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: "MIAMI -- Nick Saban did not come right out and say he won't be coaching in the NFL â?? he might have learned his lesson on that topic â?? but Alabama's coach sounded very much Saturday like he's not interested in leaving Alabama.

"I don't have any unfinished business in the NFL," Saban said at the BCS National Championship media day, adding: "That's not something that I'm concerned about, it's not something I'm thinking about, it's not even something that I want to do. I want to be a college coach."

His counterpart in the title game, Notre Dame's Brian Kelly, was less definitive. Though he protested, "I'm not trying to be evasive," Kelly was at least elusive. Both coaches have been linked in recent speculation to NFL"

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Notre Dame, Alabama arrive for BCS title game - College football- NBC Sports

Notre Dame, Alabama arrive for BCS title game - College football- NBC Sports: "FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Brian Kelly walked off the tarmac, hopped aboard one of Notre Dame's team buses that bore his image on the side and grinned broadly as he sat in the driver's seat.

Soon, the Notre Dame coach will know if his team - or Alabama - will finish college football's season in that proverbial spot.

The top-ranked Fighting Irish landed in South Florida on Wednesday, not long before the arrival of the second-ranked Crimson Tide. The teams meet Monday night to decide the BCS championship, a matchup that was set more than a month ago, the hype growing with each passing day.

"Going to play the national championship game in Miami, it's not like any trip that they've had before," Kelly said. "It's not like any trip that I've had before. And so there was an anticipation that when we got on the buses to the airport that they were really excited about this trip. It's something that you dream about when you play this game and when you coach this game.""

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