Alabama football’s wide receiver coach, JaMarcus Shephard opted to not go to the locker room immediately after the Tide lost to the Vols.
Shephard took in the scene before exiting the field. Video of him doing so pushed conversations throughout the weekend. The Alabama wideout coach detailed why he did so on Wednesday.
“We play in rivalries like that, I never want the University of Alabama to really ever seem like a sore loser or anything like that,” Shephard said. “We got pride in what we do in all things as a university.