Happy Halloween everyone!

It's October 31, which in Alabama means one thing … it's Nick Saban's birthday.

That's right, the coach is 62 today, and everyone goes out of their way to celebrate, going so far as to dress up in costumes, and the university cancelled classes for the weekend.

How cool is that?

It's also the deadline for Nick Saban vs. College Football, which will coming to a bookstore near you over the summer. The book was essentially completed by mid-July and I've just been making some adds and tweaking while we've been going through the editing process. Next up I'll be giving it another read over the month of November and marking everything that needs to up updated as soon as the 2013 is complete.

That may be around the next big holiday round here -- something involving a parade or something …

Whew ... finally

I'm happy to announce that late last night I turned in the manuscript for Nick Saban vs. College Football, which will be coming out next summer (Triumph Books). The last thing I added was a chart of something that BamaOnline readers will be seeing later this week, but I'm really happy with the way the book turned out. I also like that I handily beat my deadline, which ironically was Nick Saban's birthday, Oct. 31. 

So if you're thinking I'm done, not quite. After the season ends I'll be updating the book with 2013 numbers, and trust me with this project that's a lot. I'll then get to see the book laid out and give it a final round of editing. 

I'll be really surprised if this doesn't become my best-selling book yet. 

Now, back to the 2013 season ...