nick saban now 3-1 in the swamp.a head coach against the man who gave him a huge continue at lsu. a.j. mccarron managed the game well. trent richardson rushed for 181. alabama rolls. 38-10. so for gary danielson and tracy wolfson i'm verne lundquist. so long from gainesville with the final score, bama 38-10. we will see you next week from baton rouge. you're late local news is next. captioning by captionmax lg cinema 3d. more people, more fun. conventional 3d glasses need recharging-- regularly. still missing introducing the next-generation 3d tv lg cinema 3d. battery-free, hassle-free. ♪ like so many great pioneers before me, guided only by a dream. i'm embarking on a journey of epic proportion. i will travel, from sea to shining sea, through amber waves of grain, and i won't stop until i've helped every driver in america save hundreds on car insurance. well i'm out of the parking lot. that's a good start. geico, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent, or more on car insurance. whoa, whoa, whoa. break it up.

nick saban now 3-1 in the swamp.a head coach against the man who gave him a huge continue at lsu. a.j. mccarron managed the game well. trent richardson rushed for 181. alabama rolls. 38-10. so for gary danielson and tracy wolfson i'm verne lundquist. so long from gainesville with the final score, bama 38-10. we will see you next week from baton rouge. you're late local news is next. captioning by captionmax lg cinema 3d. more people, more fun. conventional 3d glasses need recharging-- regularly. still missing introducing the next-generation 3d tv lg cinema 3d. battery-free, hassle-free. ♪ like so many great pioneers before me, guided only by a dream. i'm embarking on a journey of epic proportion. i will travel, from sea to shining sea, through amber waves of grain, and i won't stop until i've helped every driver in america save hundreds on car insurance. well i'm out of the parking lot. that's a good start. geico, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent, or more on car insurance. whoa, whoa, whoa. break it up.

nick saban turns 60 at the end of the this month. how about that. richardson. >> gary: look at that. >> verne: very good night. touchdown. >> gary: oh, my. >> gary: i thought maybe jaye howard had a chance for him but i tell you, josh evans number 24 had no idea what he was coming up to tackle. he was coming up full speed and a train passed him full speed. >> verne: mccarron will hold. carson tinker snaps it back. richardson a 5-yard touchdown run tonight and tacked on 36 on that one. >> gary: i tell you, warmack did a good job on the play. offensive line blocks down, down and warmack makes the block inside and a delay draw and watch warmack, oh, look at that. fits exactly with the linebacker and then bam, he's supposed to be a big back and a first down back and he's a game-breaking back also. >> verne: he's got 155 yards on the ground tonight. ♪ well, that kickin' coney's gonna smack you right ♪ ♪ punch you in the mouth, don't put up a fight ♪ ♪ hot crispy onions from way out west ♪ ♪ dog nabbit' hot dabbit that chili's the best ♪ ♪ cool your sizzl

. >> we got nick saban on.f god, don't let nick saban know i love him except when he loses, then i trash him for the next five years. i'm scared for good reason. we have mike barnicle, tom brokaw and pat buchanan. i have to comment on a couple things. i think one of the most insightful lines come from tom brokaw turning to donny deutsch saying there must be at least o one grownup in your house. >> it needs a grownup interior decorator as well. >> it's like andy warhol threw up. >> threw up and decomposed. i've never seen modern art like that. >> the upstairs -- >> we don't want to go there. >> i blocked it out. >> mothers, keep your children away from the upper west side. keep your children away from the upper west side. >> i've had to fume gait. >> we have to bring this up quickly. then we'll launch into it. we had bill bennett on yesterday. but bill bennett was complaining about williams' college. they didn't respect him. they had to screen his speech. we got an e-mail from the president of williams college.

a great lineup looking ahead to the game including alabama head coach nick saban. on set with us. james franklin, a great job in his first season and joe "willie" namath will be on the show. president obama drags congress to the mat over his jobs bill calling them a do nothing congress during yesterday's press conference. we'll discuss where they go from here ahead on "morning joe." when we come back on "way too early" we'll huddle an the water cooler. stephen colbert giving a heartfelt tribute to steve jobs, kind of. [ male announcer ] do you know how you will react when someone changes lanes without warning? or when you're distracted? when you're falling asleep at the wheel? do you know how you'll react? lexus can now precisely test the most unpredictable variable in a car -- the driver. when you pursue perfection, you don't just engineer the world's most advanced driving simulator. you engineer amazing. ♪ ♪ >>> sharp criticism for afghan commander stanley mcchrystal who says the u.s. entered it a decade ago with frighteningly simplicity views of that country and

alabama's head football coach, nick saban. >> this is huge! coach, welcome!rofessional golfer and university of alabama alum, pensacola boy jerry pate. >> jerry. >> we're very concerned, coach, because you know, we've got jerry pate on here because you and jerry are good friends, but sometimes jerry just doesn't talk, he doesn't express himself. >> i know, we need to help him along. >> i haven't had that experience. >> you haven't? you know what jerry tells me? he says you're so competitive that every time you guys play golf, you always want him on the other team so ick whip him. >> that's not true. i always want him as my partner. >> jerry, is that true? >> he beats me like a dog, i'll tell you. he gets all these strokes and this guy can play golf. he's good. >> nine. i get nine. i strike out every other hole. >> nine shots. he shoots like 77 with a nine, so i have to shoot 65 to break even. >> now, you're trying to pull him out -- >> i'm trying to get him to pebble beach, but he works every day and he works all day every day. >> good! >> oh, yeah, this guy

we'll have nick saban and the great joe namath. we'll see you then. next is "the daily rundown" with chuck. >> this morning the world remembers one of the great vision areas of the last 30 years. he transformed how we interact. he made technology cool. what didn't his inventions impact? from business to politics to pop culture. steve jobs after a seven year fight with cancer, dead at 56. >>> also this morning, the president continues his sales pitch on his jobs bill. today's forum, a presidential news conference. >>> breaking political news overnight. nevada republicans set their caucus date. they made it for january 14th. that's one week before the south carolina primary. that means new hampshire could move to the 7th. that would push iowa into december of this year. by the way, sarah palin made it official, she's not running. it's thursday, october 6th, 2011. this is the dl dld. i'm chuck todd. let me get to the first reads of the morning. let's start with steve jobs. it's a rare occasion when the political class is united in celebrating a leader, l

>> did you hear nick saban's press conference? the former coach trying to take it to norman and oklahoma and the sooners will have some