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Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's tour through Alabama made a stop in Tuscaloosa Tuesday morning where he met with Coach Nick Saban and the team.

The meeting took place late in the morning at the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility. Saban said the social media mogul sought a bit of advice. "I just met with Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook guy,'' Saban said, speaking at the 2016 Crime Stopper of the Year Luncheon held in Hoover. "He wanted to know about leadership, and what do you do to affect people."

Zuckerberg, he said, was aware of the role of football in the state. "It was kind of interesting that he saw the spirit that we have in this state relative to supporting athletics as something that is very special, very unique, and very wholesome in terms of people having the opportunity to create hope whether it's in competition, or something they believe in or a spirit,'' Saban said.

In a Facebook post this afternoon, Zuckerberg wrote about his visit with Saban and several Alabama players.

"Many of the same things go into building a good company and a winning football program -- a focus on recruiting, developing talent and setting high expectations," he wrote.

"We all need to be part of something bigger than ourselves. Communities can form around all kinds of things -- churches, schools, teams -- and it's clear that for a lot of folks in Alabama, college football is an important part of their community."

We stopped by the University of Alabama and sat down with Coach Saban. We talked about what it takes to build a world... Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, February 21, 2017

The coach said the visit reminded him of a conversation he once had with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who spoke at LSU at Saban's request when he coached there. "He said, 'You know, Nick, your stadium, Tiger Stadium at the time, on a Saturday night is closer to the Kingdom of God than my church,''' Saban said. "I looked at him like come on, man, you've got to be kidding me. First of all, if you've ever been to a game at LSU, you can smell the bourbon from the 50-yard line. Everybody celebrates life. Everybody has a party out there."

Jackson then explained why he made the comparison. "He said because the rules are clearly defined, everybody has a common goal and everybody is together in spirit. Black, white, rich, poor, it doesn't matter because everybody's there for the same thing and there's a tremendous togetherness,'' Saban said. "He said, 'I cannot get those three things in my church."

Few other details were released about Zuckerberg's visit to Tuscaloosa, but some player posted photos social media. Zuckerberg on Saturday stopped in Mobile and Bayou La Batre, and also made a stop in Birmingham on Monday, where the visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and also met with Mayor William Bell.

"Good conversation and I'm looking forward to having some additional conversations with him,'' the mayor said. "As Coach Saban said, he was trying to get a feel for the state as a whole, but he is looking for opportunities to work in areas he has not worked in before as it relates to his Facebook operations, things they can do to help communities and we're going to have some additional conversations."

"I'm really not at liberty to talk about all of conversations,'' Bell said, "but I will say there were several people he wanted to visit with and I was one of those individuals. He wanted to get some ideas how he could be helpful in a philanthropic way."

Zuckerberg said he is planning to visit every state in the U.S., and Alabama was first on his list.