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Baton Rouge painted crimson by Saban, Tide

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

Saturday, November 8, 2008

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Game over and disaster averted, Terry Saban came wobbling toward the elevator in the Tiger Stadium press box Saturday night. The wife of the man at the center of an only-in-the-SEC emotional maelstrom clutched the arm of a friend, tears in her eyes. She appeared totally drained. "What a hard-fought game," she exhaled. Hard fought. Hard earned. Hard feelings everywhere in the record crowd of 93,039. Hard to deal with for the Sabans, no matter how much they tried to downpla ...

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