Arkansas State hired Butch Jones as its new head coach Saturday, an opportunity the former Tennessee coach told ESPN he was "thankful and humbled" to be getting.  Jones worked this season as a special assistant to Alabama head coach Nick Saban, after spending the previous two seasons as an offensive analyst on the Crimson Tide's staff. Jones said the time he spent with Saban was invaluable.  "I got emotional in the locker room after the game," said Jones, who went directly to the Arkansas State campus in Jonesboro, Arkansas, following Alabama's 52-3 win at  Arkansas on Saturday. "Those kids at Alabama mean so much to me, and what Coach Saban and Ms. Terry (Saban's wife) did not only for me, but my family, I'll never be able to repay them," Jones said. "Everybody at Alabama, from day one, welcomed me with open arms, and it's an experience that helped me get back to leading a program again." Jones, who was in the running for the Rutgers and ...