Lane Kiffin is already starting to play mind games with Nick Saban.
and Nick Saban’s feathers since his tenure as the Crimson Tide’s offensive coordinator ended in January of 2017. He’s made clear his respect for the coach he has said is the greatest of all time, but continues to look for any advantage when the Rebels faceOn Sunday, Kiffin was speaking to reporters about his team’s 73-7 win over Mercer, when he was asked about the challenge of facing Kevin Steele’s defense. Kiffin didn’t answer that question directly, but did.
“Our guys watching the TV copy schematical in this last game, it certainly seems like T-Rob’s now calling the defense,” Kiffin said. “We played him before at South Carolina, so we’re preparing accordingly, you know, for him calling the defense. He’s done a good job too. And they’ve got really good players.”
Alabama’s defense did struggle in the Texas game, getting beat over the top by Longhorn quarterback Quinn Ewers, who the Crimson Tide couldn’t get enough pressure to. On his weekly TV show following that loss, Saban did allude to some behind the scenes changes being made.“Kevin is one of my favorite people in the world, really good person,” Saban said. “Really good guy.
Kiffin surely isn’t ignorant to the fact that Saban’s first press conference of the week is Monday. In fact, Sunday’s availability was the first of its kind this season, Ole Miss hadn’t held one like it until this week, with the final time being sent to reporters with a Zoom link on Sunday.If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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