Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban said at a press conference this week that his wife, Terry Saban, made him run on a treadmill after he received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty during last weekend’s game against the Duke Blue Devils.

“Miss Terry made me run on the treadmill for 20 minutes,” Saban told reporters. “The leadership group had a meeting, and they wanted to implement some disciplinary action, but it kind of got overruled. But I’m not proud of it. I really am not.”

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“In all honesty, there was somebody in the white, it wasn’t a player, it was a coach,” Saban said in regards to the 15-yard penalty. “I thought they were upset because the players were celebrating a good play and that sort of fueled my reaction. … It is what it is. I’ll learn from it much like the players learn from their mistakes.”

After a 42-3 blowout against Duke, Alabama is set to host New Mexico State at Bryant Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa on Saturday for its home opener.

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