University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban smiled during his postgame press conference Saturday.
Perhaps he too was woozy from the heat, but he did it nonetheless following his team’s 41-23 victory over Texas A&M on Saturday.
"You have to hand it to this team,” he said. “This is the second team ranked in the Top 10 that we've beaten on the road in some really tough places to play. I think you have to respect the competitive character of this team. My hat’s off to them."
During a season that Crimson Tide fans seem to be revisiting their past with each game—including the loss to Ole Miss, reliving the Blackout at Georgia and then another grind-it-out win against Arkansas—it would be only fitting if the Southeastern Conference’s Western Division came down to another showdown against LSU.