Saban on Harbaugh: ‘This isn’t about him’

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SANDESTIN, Fla. – Alabama football coach Nick Saban has no desire to get into a verbal spat with Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, or even a Twitter spat since Saban doesn’t tweet, but Alabama’s head coach stood his ground Wednesday on why he thinks satellite camps are bad for college football.

Saban, speaking to ESPN.com, said he doesn’t take anything Harbaugh says personally, but Saban added that he’s not going to apologize for speaking his mind on what he thinks is for the betterment of the college game.

“That’s his business. I don’t really care what he thinks or tweets,” said Saban, responding to Harbaugh’s tweet on Tuesday night where he took Saban to task. “I say what I think is best for college football and say what I think is best for the players and the kids. As I said (Tuesday), it’s not about him or anybody else.”

Harbaugh, in his second season as Michigan’s coach, has been a big proponent of satellite camps and has taken to Twitter more than once to gig SEC coaches over their opposition to satellite camps, and according to him, eliminating opportunities for players. During’s Saban rant against satellite camps on Tuesday while speaking to reporters at the SEC spring meetings, he was asked if he blamed Harbaugh for ruining his offseason. Saban replied that he didn’t blame Harbaugh nor was he saying anything about Harbaugh.

“I’m just saying it’s bad for college football,” Saban said Tuesday.

“That’s his business. I don’t really care what he thinks or tweets. I say what I think is best for college football and say what I think is best for the players and the kids. As I said (Tuesday), it’s not about him or anybody else.”

Alabama coach Nick Saban, responding to Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh’s …

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