. >> verne: he is nick saban's teammate at kent state under don james. gary told us the story the other day. nick was coaching one year at toledo. he called gary pinkel he said, i'm going to go to the cleveland browns with bill belichick. i can't get you the toledo job but i can get you the interview. gary pinkel left don james' squad at washington coached for ten years at toledo. the two have remained good friends for the last 40 years. third down. is that a live ball? i didn't think so. >> gary: a great read. alabama saw that ball nick perry just snuffed it out he saw it coming all the way. not even close to a catch. fourth down. 2:14 to go in this one. back in the middle of the season we saw this alabama team. we saw goal post torn down and through the square of oxford. next week they won squeaker at arkansas 14-13. nick saban kind of went off in the press conference about people's expectations being so high. he said we won on the road. that was 14-13 win. a blocked extra point. difference in the arkansas alabama rolling. >> gary: what do you think of

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reportedly a six-year offer worth around $48 million, that's $1.2 million more a year than alabama's nick saban. angie, that's sports for you this morning. >> thank you very much, frances. >>> find out what happens when a shoplifter fakes a heart attack right in the middle of a store. that story coming up next. >>> first, according to nbc on yahoo! sports, the dallas cowboys are now the most valuable u.s. sports franchise with a worth of $3.2 billion, followed by the new england patriots, and then the new york yankees. >>> well, to worth its weight in gold, an accurate forecast for the holidays. huge storm over new york city on christmas eve. i'll give you the details coming up. emma, it's simple, when you are in a place like this, the best way to capture the moment is to feel it, even if you can't see it. what are you doing? the dishes are clean. i just gotta scrape the rest of the food off them. ew. dish issues? cascade platinum powers through your toughest messes better than the competition the first time. cascade. now that's clean. wellllll... ♪ ♪ earlyfit ♪ latefit ♪ risefit ♪ fallfit ♪ ba

nick saban earns nearly $7 million a year. bob stoops earns just over $5 million. urban meyer at ohio state gets just under $4.5 million. he is in rarefied air. >>> we now know the names of two men san francisco police suspect of leading officers on a chase that stretched across the bay. rojas and martinez are both in san francisco county jail after being caught in san leandro. sky 7 hd caught up with yesterday's chase as police chased a stolen san francisco chronicle delivery van across the san mateo bridge. the chase started when san francisco police officers tried to pull the van over in the bayview district. that chase ended when the van was driven into a dead end street in san leandro. >> a south san francisco man has been arrested for planting a hidden camera in an employee-only restroom at work. he is charged with invasion of privacy and using a concealed camera without consent. he is the night manager of fine foods in palo alto. the woman who works at the store says she found the camera while using the private restroom. police think she is the only victim.

nick saban against urban meyer. people very compelled about how the two will strategize against each other. >> tom thank you so much. enjoy the bowl tomorrow. and college bowl games kick off on espn tomorrow afternoon. >>> we're still counting down to new year's eve here in the u.s. but in other parts of the world, the celebration is on. abc's linzie janis with a look at how they're ringing in 2015. >> reporter: sydney australia, at midnight. for the first time this breathtaking null year's light show captured by drones. seven tons of fireworks illuminating the sydney harbor bridge and the iconic opera house. celebrations from hong kong's victoria harbor to a glittering light show outside beijing's olympic stadium. in dubai, this spectacular display at the tallest building in the world. over 70,000 l.e.d. panels reaching nearly half a mile into the sky. in moscow fireworks lighting up red square. but perhaps no one will celebrate more than these american astronauts. >> we figure that we will be over midnight somewhe

the highest paid coach is nick saban with a base salary of $6,950,203 a year. mark dantonio paid $5 million. michigan's former coach brady hoke received a base salary of 2,800,000 a year. they said they're willing to make their next head coach the highest-paid coach in america. is the investment really weather can? we turn to john bacon who wrote" fourth and long." and we're both graduates from the university of michigan. john, $10 million. $10million from the university of michigan. will they really do that? are they really preparing for that? you the salary could be between 7 and $10 million a year. fo >> that would be leading the pack for the nuclear arms race among college coaches apt universities. how do the universities get to this point? >> two ways, slowly and then quickly. the slowly part you go back to 1901, believe it or not. the acceleration has been recent, and right now 27 employees are the highest paid in their state are football coaches. 13 are basketball coaches and four are college presidents. that shows you where we are now. >> does that acce

nick saban and urban meyer. together they won five of the last eight national championships. the rose bowl is being called heisman versus heisman. marcus mariota is going to face off against jameis winston and all four team excited to be a part of the first ever playoff. >> this is a part of sports history, not just college football history. >> it's fantastic, i mean, why not alabama, you know? why not being one of those teams always making history? >> that's not enough for us. i just want to be the starting quarterback of the playoff game that we lose and go home -- we want to keep this train moving. >> in other college football news jim harbaugh is now officially the new coach of university of michigan. the school introduced him yesterday just two days after parting ways with the san francisco 49ers. he called the return to his alma mater, a homecoming for him and his family. he's going to make more than $5 million a year to coach the wolverines which is less than the record deal that many expected he would sign. >>> and a surprising turn of events the nfl will allow ndamuk

that's alabama's third conference crown under head coach nick saban. the rankings to fourth after dismantling wisconsin 59-0 in the big ten title game. the buckeyes have won 11 games in a row and keep on winning despite having lost two star quarterbacks to injury this season. and the other semifinal number two oregon at third ranked florida state in the rose bowl. the ducks won their fourth pac-12 championship in six years avenging their only regular season loss to arizona. oregon's high-powered offense is led by the heisman trophy frontrunner, quarterback marcus mariott a. the ducks were behind just once at halftime and never in the fourth quarter. the florida state seminoles are now the only undefeated team in major college football. the defending national champs just keep on winning. extending their streak to 29 straight games after beating georgia tech in the acc championship. they have struggled at times, trailing in the first half in had ten games this season, but it's not how you start. it's how you finish. the winners of those two games will me

you cannot tell me that these athletes cannot be paid money when i see a coach like nick saban having a $3 million home paid for and i see a coach like harbaugh getting offered $8 million and a kid getting suspended because he made a few bucks off his autograph. you can are can't make an argument about that when these universities are making hundreds of millions of dollars off their backs. it will never add up and never equalize. these kids for most of them have not asked to come to school. for the most part of it a lot of them are forced to come to school because they have to meet a requirement to become a professional athlete. when we're talking about the 1% that that michigan state president had the nerve to get up there and talk about, okay. it's a free marketing scheme. it helps the athlete being able to land on their feet and run as soon as they're drafted. >> can i ask you where you went to school and what sport you played? >> i went -- i actually went to school a few years ago i went to -- >> did you go on a scholarship yourself? >> i did. >> what did you play? >> i played a s

. >> that's nick saban money or maybe even a little more. can't wait to hear it coming up on al jazeera america. the dow was down 312 points. the s&p 500 lost 33 points. the nasdaq fell nearly 55 points. backlash against teach for america program. why some say it's doing a disservice for the teachers and the students they serve. >>> and taking concrete action on climate change. >> and ultimate betrayal... drawing lines in the sand that would shape the middle east and frame the conflict today >> world war one: through arab eyes continues episode three: the new middle east on al jazeera america >> looking for consensus on how to clean up the environment. representatives from 19 countries are wrapping up a 12-day climate change summit in peru. they want each country to slash their fair share of carbon admissions. nick clark has more now from lima. >> every year around this time in one country or another a seemingly endless u.s. negotiating process grinds on and on. here in lima they're trying to stop that. the rallying cries have begun for the

we're in the midst of a dynasty with head coach nick saban.hey're looking for their fourth national championship in the last six years. >>> college football fans, send angry tweets his way. and don't miss the college football selection show coming up on our sister network, espn. jesse palmer, thanks for joining us. >> jesse, you don't have to wait long for the angry tweets. ron claiborne was jumping out of his chair disagreeing with you. >> we have to talk about this. florida state shouldn't be in there. you know that. you know that. >> break it up. break it up. >>> and time now to discuss -- you're a good sport, jesse, thank you. >>> and new york city preparing to roll out the proverbial red carpet for the royal couple. prince william and his wife, katherine, will arrive this afternoon. it's a whirlwind three-day trip that will include a side trip for will to the white house. and amy is outside the carlyle hotel. >> i have my royal wave ready. word from london is that william and kate are en route to new york city on their commercial flight,

that would make harbaugh the highest paid coach in college football, ahead of nick saban in alabama. is that harbaugh wants to stay in the nfl. and there is going to be plenty of suitors lining up, including the raiders and jets, and the price, you can imagine, will be very steep indeed. could be an opening chicago as well, depending on whether mark trestman survives. remember, harbaugh used to play quarterback for the bears, who decided to bench jay cutler as their quarterback. he has been dreadful this year. three picks on monday night. cutler leading the nfl in turnovers with 24, as well as salary, $22.5 million. he'll be replaced by jimmy clausen. harbaugh and the niners have two games left in the regular season. saturday night they host the chargers-6, still alive, fighting for a play-off spot. the niners 7-7, just hoping to finish up with a winning record. >> it is different. that's my first year not being in the play-offs or having a, you know, extra couple of games. so it's different. but take advantage of this time, get ready and time to start back, be ready. >> our goal is

you cannot sit here and tell me that athletes cannot be paid money when i see coach like nick saban theyan $7 million having a $3 million home paid for. i see coach jim harbaugh being offered $8 million. and then a cta suspended because he made a few bucks off of his autographs. you can never sit here and make a legitimate argument to me about a kid receiving a scholarship when the universities are making hundreds of millions of dollars off of their backs. it will never add up. it will never equalized. these kids for most of them have not asked to come to school. for the most part a lot of them are forced to come to school because they have to meet a requirement to become a professional athlete when we're talking about the 1% that that michigan state president had the nerve to get up there and talk about, okay, it's a free marketing scheme. so the professional sports would ever get involved because they want free marketing. it helps the athlete be able to land on the feet and run as soon as they attracted. >> host: mark can i ask you where he you want to school and what sport you played?

, it's a match-up that features two of the most successful college coaches over the last decade nick sabanyer. they've won five of the last eight national championships. rose bowl is being called eded heisman against heisman. marcus mariota against jameis winston. >> this is a part of sports history. not just college football history. >> it's fantastic because i mean why not alabama, why not being there, why not be one of the teams that's always making history. >> that's not enough. i want to be the starting quarterback in the playoff game. we lose and we got to go home and hope to play next year. we want to keep this train moving. >> in other college football news jim harbaugh now officially the new football coach of the university of michigan. the school introduced him yesterday. just two days after parting ways with the san francisco 49ers. after the news conference harbaugh made an appearance at michigan's basketball game. called the return do his alma mater a homecoming for him and his family. harbaugh is going to make more than $5 million a year to coach the wolverines less than the

his biggest challenge is working under head coach nick say bab. >> coach saban took a chance on me whenldn't do it. i got last night like i do everywhere when he was following me up and down the sidelines behind me you know right about here. [ laughter ] >> oh, gosh, we're on tv. can you get that part out? [ laughter ] >> this is why he doesn't let me talk to the media. [ laughter ] >> but no, what is he saying when he is going up and down the sidelines right here behind you? he is just saying, hey, lane, i love you so much. thank you so much for coming here. [ laughter ] >> lane kiffin, he might be the offensive assistant of the year in the ncaa. keeps rising. >>> i'm giving my mvp to paul deanno who last night slept in the makeup office so he could be at the newscast this morning. >> got a two-hour nap. >> either that or there's trouble at home. >> when it rains, where else should we be? and look at the rain. >> our storm coverage continues at 10:00 on bay area "night on the streets." ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [music] announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! [captioning made possible by fr