Following a one-score victory over unranked Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday, Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban complained about the positive media coverage of his top-ranked team, likening it to "rat poison."
"I'm trying to get our players to listen to me instead of you guys," Saban said in comments directed to reporters gathered in the postgame news conference. "All that stuff you write about how good we are? All that stuff they hear on ESPN? It's like poison. Like rat poison."
Saban came into the news conference in a predictably feisty mood after Alabama needed to recover an onside kickoff late in the fourth quarter to seal its 27-19 win over the Aggies at Kyle Field.