Nick Saban might be the most-popular man in Alabama. So it makes sense that a politician would want his endorsement. Dorothy Davidson, a mayoral candidate in Bessemer, decided it would be a bright idea to use Photoshop to put herself in a picture with Saban.

The picture then was used on her campaign flyers and handed out around the town, which is a suburb of Birmingham.

Davidson, who is one six candidates running for mayor, initially insisted that the photo was real before acknowledging it was digitally altered from a 2007 photo of Saban and his wife. However, she and her campaign claimed that the endorsement is real.

"My dad, Larry Morris, and coach Saban are friends," campaign manager Kevin Morris told the Birmingham News. "We were on the golf course one day, and I asked him myself if this would be OK.

That contradicted what Alabama told the newspaper in an email.

"Coach Saban has not been contacted for a political endorsement of any kind," associate athletics director Jeff Purinton wrote.

Morris eventually admitted he lied about Saban's endorsement and resigned as campaign manager.

It remains to been whether Davidson will be able to follow in Saban's footsteps and win her race in November like the Crimson Tide won the national title last January.

-- Erick Smith