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Nick Saban gets frustrated when asked about playing Taulia Tagovailoa

It took eight weeks but Alabama head coach Nick Saban was finally prompted to respond to a question with a bit more anger than usual. During his Wednesday press conference Saban was asked if he would be making an effort to play true freshman quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa this weekend against Arkansas.

The younger Tagovailoa has been working alongside Mac Jones all week and Saban has said prior to today that everyone had to be prepared.

But his response today left little room for interpretation.

“No. We’re focused on winning the game aight,” Saban said. “So we’re going to try to win the game, and we’re going to play the best players that we can play to win the game.