On Wednesday, Alabama coach Nick Saban lashed out at Jimbo Fisher and Deion Sanders, accusing the coaches of buying players.
“I mean, we were second in recruiting last year,” raged Saban. “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.”
This morning, Jimbo Fisher retaliated against Saban’s unprovoked, inappropriate, inflammatory and backstabbing remarks.
“It’s amazing. Some people think they’re God. Go dig into how ‘God’ did his deal,” said Fisher. “You may find out about a lot of things you don’t want to know.
“We build him up to be the czar of football. Go dig into his past or anybody that’s ever coached with him. You can find out anything you want to find out, what he does and how he does it. It’s despicable; it really is.”
Saban then turned his attention to Deion Sanders and Jackson State.
“Jackson State paid a guy $1 million last year that was a really good Division I player to come to the school. It was in the paper, and they bragged about it. Nobody did anything about it”
This evening, Deion Sanders issued his response.
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