“I come here to play football and do what my coach tells me to do,” star outside linebacker Will Anderson said with a smile.
By the time Southeastern Conference Football Media Days rolled around in July, though, coaches had either apologized or moved on. Naturally, in the confrontation has risen again prior to the No. 1 Tide hosting Texas A&M this weekend.
“Like I was saying, I come here to play football. I don’t come here to write tweets,” Anderson said when asked about the “outside noise.” “I don’t come here to go back and forth. People may try to make it a big thing, but at the end of the day, I have a scholarship to play football. Coach Saban brought me here to play football, he bought us all here to play football.
Last year, Texas A&M pulled off a 41-38 upset in College Station, derailing a perfect start for Alabama through the first five weeks of the season. Is there any motivation to return the loss back? “We try to approach each game the same, no game is bigger than any other one. Texas A&M is up next on the schedule, so now we will be talking about this game and in previous games, we talked about our other opponents. Texas A&M has a really good team, a really good offensive line, good quarterback. It’s going to be a great challenge for us,” Anderson said.
Alabama is coming off its first SEC road win at Arkansas. Kickoff for the A&M contest is at 7 p.m. inside Bryant-Denny Stadium on CBS.
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