Alabama

6:45 p.m. Saturday
Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa
TV: ESPN

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My, these are exciting times for Alabama’s football program.

There is the big showdown with Florida in a few weeks that analysts can’t help but talk about already. No matter what, the bowl trip will be top-notch. There is first a very good opportunity to ease that Iron Bowl drought against Auburn.

And very quietly, here comes Mississippi State.

In accumulating a meek 3-6 record, the Bulldogs have honestly done little this season (a 34-3 loss in Knoxville!?!) to suggest they have the goods to hang with a Crimson Tide team in top form, hince a 22-point spread for Saturday’s game.

But … what if Alabama is not in top form?

This could be why Nick Saban went off and gave fans a fiery, personalized pep talk during Thursday night’s radio show. You can be critical of the language, but not the idea. If Saban’s goal was for as many fans as possible to hear that rant, as always, he succeeded by choosing to blow a gasket. The clip was played again and again online and by radio talk shows Friday.

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