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The Added Meaning Behind Jimbo Fisher’s Gloves-Off Comments About Nick Saban

Over 10 minutes, during a hastily thrown together press conference Thursday morning, Texas A&M football coach Jimbo Fisher responded to comments made by Nick Saban with a flamethrower, directly targeting the Alabama coach and squashing whatever you thought their relationship was.

Fisher was responding to Saban’s comments at a World Games event in Birmingham on Wednesday, when Saban said Texas A&M “bought every player on their team, made a deal for name, image and likeness. We didn’t buy one player.”

As reporters, we often ask for honesty from athletes and coaches.