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Nick Saban meets 'the Facebook guy'

Facebook.com/Mark Zuckerburg

Nick Saban entertained quite the guest Tuesday, as Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with the Crimson Tide head coach on Alabama's campus.

"I just met with Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook guy,'' Saban said at a luncheon after, according to Carol Robinson of AL.com. "He wanted to know about leadership, and what do you do to affect people."

Saban deserves applause for being able to properly say Facebook, and not like his former boss, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who said SnapFace (Snapchat/Facebook) and InstantChat (Instagram/Snapchat) during a press conference back in January.

"We stopped by the University of Alabama and sat down with Coach Saban," Zuckerberg said in a post later in the day. "We talked about what it takes to build a world class football organization. Many of the same things go into building a good company and a winning football program - a focus on recruiting, developing talent, and setting high expectations."

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