Mississippi Clarion Ledger
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders wants to be treated like Alabama coach and six-time national champion Nick Saban.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback and second-year coach demanded that reporters shouldn t call him by his first name before walking out of a SWAC Media Day event at the Sheraton-Birmingham on Tuesday. You don t call Nick Saban, Nick. Don t call me Deion, Sanders told Nick Suss from the Clarion-Ledger. If you call Nick (Saban), Nick, you ll get cussed out on the spot, so don t do that to me, Sanders later added. Treat me like Nick.
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