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Alabama head coach Nick Saban takes issue with Alabama running back Kenyan Drake (17) after his fumble near the end zone during the second quarter of the no. 1 Alabama vs Tennessee NCAA football game, Saturday, October 26, 2013, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com)

-- A few minutes after Alabama put the wraps on its

, a reporter informed

Nick Saban

of a sign held by a fan at Saturday's game.

"We'll stay for 60 if you stay forever," it read.

Saban,

, smiled and said it "sounds like a good deal to me" as he began an answer that sounded a lot like the one he offered last month when his name was linked to a potential opening at Texas.

"I love it here," he said. "I'm too damn old to go some place else and start all over, I can tell you that."

Saban's answer closely mimicked the one he gave during his radio show last month

that recalled a conversation between a couple of rogue Texas regents and Saban's agent,

Jimmy Sexton

. Saban said he didn't know anything about the conversation and said he was happy in his current position with the Crimson Tide.

Saban turns 62 on Thursday.

"I know Miss Terry likes it here. The fans and the whole Alabama community has really embraced us from the first day we came here. We appreciate that," Saban said. "I know we have lots of challenges in the future. We're certainly up for those challenges.

"I'm not really at the stage of my career where I'm looking for some other big sort of challenge. We've got enough challenges right here to try to work with the players we recruited and try to continue to have a successful program for their personal, academic and athletic success."