Yes, Nick Saban does slow down ... a little

We've reached that point of the year when what I call the "Annual Nick Saban World Tour" is about to come to an end, as the coach has next week's SEC Meetings in Destin, Fla., followed by his Nick's Kids Charity Golf Tournament on June 5th before sort of disappearing from the public landscape for a while.

Yes, Nick Saban does take vacations. Miss Terry makes sure of that.

So far the highlights have been Saban making a $50,000 donation to the V Foundation for cancer research at the Dick Vitale Gala, and telling a Nashville reporter to "kiss my ass" when asked about a former West Virginia player saying he was offered a car to attend Alabama before he was hired. It's hard to tell which one of those Alabama fans were prouder about.

Anyway, two things of note:

1) After seeing Saban yesterday at this year's final Crimson Caravan event (and yes, he looks ready for a vacation), I wrote this column about how he's hoping for change when it comes to the growing number of underclassmen in the NFL Draft http://ow.ly/x6JlG.

2) The book is in the final stages of production, with a deadline of June 6th for completion. Then it's off to the printer.