Alabama head coach Nick Saban and former Crimson Tide running back Mark Ingram finished third in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge this year. But in his time in Atlanta for the charity golf event, Saban sat down with the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl to discuss topics surrounding the golf tournament and rapid-fire questions about concerts and his dog, Ray Ray.

Below is everything that Saban said.

Question: Why is it important for you to put this event on your calendar?

“Well, I think it’s, first of all, a great event, great sponsor and the people in Atlanta that have put on the Peach Bowl for so many years have always been really, really good to us, whether we were at LSU or now at Alabama. And we’ve just cherished the relationships that we’ve been able to develop and always enjoy being a part of this first-class event.”

Q: There’s a lot of camaraderie here, but there’s also a competition angle. Is there a percentage that you look at it? Or is it all fun and not so much “I want to beat your brains in” ?

“I think it’s a different kind of competition for us. We all have jobs. Being successful in those jobs is very important to just about all the coaches that are here and their future and their career, so that’s a little different kind of pressure, a little different kind of competition. I think when we all play golf, because we’re competitors, we enjoy that competition in a totally different way.

“But I think the relationships, to be able to come to a place like this and see guys and talk to guys that you have a lot of respect for professionally as coaches but now seeing them in a completely different light, to be able to spend time with them in a completely different competitive venue, man, it just really is a lot of fun. I wish we had more things like that that we could with coaches.

“And I really enjoy seeing the basketball coaches, you know. I mean most of the time Roy Williams and I -- when Terry doesn’t come, his wife doesn’t come -- we’re kind of dates. Roy even said to Terry tonight, he said, ‘You can sit with us if you want (laughs).’”

Q: Golf brings out things people, doesn’t it?

“I think it really does. It’s kind of interesting that I almost think that before I get any deal with anybody I’d like to play golf with them because how they react on a golf course tells you a lot about who they are.”

Q: You and Mark Ingram have teamed up for a number of years here. You guys seems to fly under radar a little bit, but you’re always, it seems like, in it. What’s the secret to that success?

“Well, Mark is a really good player, and sometimes I play OK and sometimes not so good. But we both enjoy playing. I think Mark is very, very competitive. I remember one year we were in a playoff with Georgia Tech to win on about the fifth-extra hole. This was a couple of years ago. And I said, ‘Mark, this is my last hole. I have to go speak, and there’s a whole load of people at the plane and they’re all calling every five minutes, saying we’ve got 1,000 people you’ve got to speak to tonight. We’re going to be late.’ I said, ‘This might be the last hole. We’re going to have to win it on this hole or not.’

“And he looked at me and he said, ‘Coach, you didn’t bring me up that way, man. We’re going to play till the end.’ So, there was no way I was winning (laughs). But we actually got beat on that hole, so it didn’t matter. But it made me proud that he was so competitive and had so much pride, and that’s the kind of player he was when he played for us and he still is.”

Alabama coach Nick Saban and Saints running back Mark Ingram

Q: I’m sure this has been brought up a number of times, but that look on your face when you won that national championship last year. It was pure joy. Do you feel that often? Or was that kind of an anomaly?

“I think it was pure joy, and you don’t feel often. I feel it often with my family, my children, my grandchildren, my wife. But you don’t feel it often professionally because the expectations are always a little greater and we’ve had a lot of success. I think the pure joy was this team overcame a lot of adversity. We had a lot of injuries, we had a lot of missed games by starters, we got behind in that game and then showing tremendous resiliency all year long.

“And after losing the year before on the last play of the game, I knew how much these guys wanted to win, and that was sort of their drive all season long and probably one of the reasons that they overcame so much all year long. And to see them come back in that game and win was just absolutely a phenomenal feeling for the players on the team who had done so much and the coaches and the people in the organization. So, it was really special.”

Q: A couple of quick, rapid-fire ones. Do you remember the first concert you ever went to?

“First concert? Man, concerts were big when I was going to college, man. I mean it was the late ‘60s, early ‘70s. I can’t remember the first one, but I remember seeing The Rolling Stones, Three Dog Night and I loved them all. They were all good, but I can’t remember the first one.

“I just went to see The Eagles, which was the fifth time I’ve seen them. Saw The Rolling Stones at Georgia Tech the summer before last or whenever they were in Atlanta, so that was my third time seeing them. So, I’m not dying anytime soon when it comes to the music.”

Q: Was that the first time you’ve seen The Eagles without Glenn (Frey)?

“Yeah, his son was fantastic and Vince Gill was with them and he was fantastic.”

Q: Do you have a go-to breakfast cereal?

“I’m a Raisin Bran guy. That’s the only kind of cereal I ever eat. Put a little bit of yogurt on top, you know, sweeten it up a little.”

Q: Are you a dog or a cat person?

“Dog. We brought our dog here, actually, and have a dog sitter while we’re here. Terry arranged that.”

Q: Name of the dog?

“Ray Ray. Ray Ray got an ACL recently. I haven’t told that story publically and kind of figured out exactly where I am on the food chain at home. So, I had to go sleep someplace else because Ray Ray had to spend the night with Miss Terry because he was injured, wounded. That’s how it goes sometime, you know. But we love Ray Ray.”

Q: How’d he get the name Ray Ray?

“That was the name they had given the dog. We had Lizzie before and so we had to find a Boxer that looked just like Lizzie. And I actually traveled around to finally end up in Brunswick, Ga., and that’s where Ray Ray came from and was already named.”

Q: Heaven forbid, your office is on fire, you’ve got to get out of there and you can only grab one thing. What’s in your hands when you leave that room?

“First thing I think of is making sure all of the people are safe. None of the paraphernalia that I have is worth what somebody being injured over or whatever would be. So, nothing in particular means that much to me other than the safety of all the folks that work for us and the players that are in the building or whatever. So, I wouldn’t be worried about any one thing that much.”

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