Jimmy Sexton, the agent of Crimson Tide head football coach Nick Saban, reportedly confirmed Texas would be the only job his client would consider should he decide to leave Alabama, the Associated Press reported.

Sexton made his comments on a 45-minute phone call with former University of Texas (UT) Regent Tom Hicks and current Regent Wallace Hall. Through an open-records request, the AP acquired one of Hicks' emails describing the phone conversation.

"Sexton confirmed that UT is the only job Nick would possibly consider leaving Alabama for, and that his success there created special pressure for him," Hicks wrote.

The "special pressure" was not clarified and none of the involved parties have commented on it since. But the fact remains that Saban is happily employed by the best college football team in the nation and his Crimson Tide are in the midst of building a dynasty of championships.

UT also has a legendary head coach in place, Mack Brown. Despite recent disappointing years for Brown's Longhorns, the coach has said he does not wish to retire any time soon. Complicating the matter is that the team has been winning of late, including a convincing victory over Oklahoma.

Complicating the matter even more is the new hire of Steve Patterson as UT's athletics director. As Brown has iterated his desire to continue coaching, it will be up to Patterson whether or not to cut ties with the coach and pursue Saban.

The Crimson Tide head coach has also iterated his desire to stay put, telling reporters two weeks ago, following a win over Tennessee, that he is "too damn old" to leave Alabama.

"I'm not really at the stage of my career where I'm looking for some other big sort of challenge," Saban said "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."

Texas has hit a bit of a rut athletically, but not just in football. Both football and basketball have strung together consecutive disappointing seasons and Patterson may have to decide soon whether to let Brown, who won the National Championship in 2005 and lost to Saban's Crimson Tide in 2010, try and rebuild the team or re-staff the athletic department.

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