Auburn fans already had enough reasons to hate Alabama, but Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban gave them yet another Thursday.
Saban said during his weekly radio show his players were typically more excited to play Tennessee in the Third Saturday in October than they were to play the Tigers in the Iron Bowl.
“I don’t think there’s any question about it,” Saban said, via BamaOnline.com. “I think you get, very quickly, a feel for what your own players on your own team, even that were here before you came here, what’s important to them. And it was very obvious to me that the Tennessee game was always the biggest game, was always the biggest game for us.