Folks, we have a real humdinger of a fight going on in college football between Alabama coach Nick Saban and Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher and today it went to an fantastically personal level with Fisher going off on Saban during a very heated press conference.
This all started with Saban complaining about NILs and the new world of players being able to make money and whatnot. Poor Saban sounded very much like an old man yelling at the sky during an interview earlier this week.
Here’s what Saban had to say about Texas A&M:
“I mean, we were second in recruiting last year,” Saban told the audience. “A&M was first. A&M bought every player on their team — made a deal for name, image, likeness. We didn’t buy one player, all right? But I don’t know if we’re gonna be able to sustain that in the future because more and more people are doing it. It’s tough.”
Did Fisher, who once worked as an assistant under Saban at LSU, like those accusations? No, no he didn’t. Not one bit.
Texas A&M HC Jimbo Fisher just fired back at Nick Saban for saying they "bought" recruits.
Fisher calls Saban a "narcissist" and says he won't take his call.
"We built him up to be this czar of football. Go dig into his past." pic.twitter.com/iG4UQ4BH3I
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) May 19, 2022
Here are some of his best quotes from Thursday.