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Hall of Fame college football coach Steve Spurrier defends Alabama's Nick Saban in spat with Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher

While the college football world is catching its collective breath in the aftermath of the Jimbo Fisher-Nick Saban public spat, there's one Hall of Fame coach who isn't ready to let it go.

"I don't know why he is mad at Saban," former Florida and South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier told DawgNation.com. "Did Saban say something that wasn't true?"

The Fisher-Saban feud was ignited Wednesday night when Saban told a group of local business leaders that "A&M bought every player" in its top-ranked 2022 recruiting class with "a deal for name, image, likeness.