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The column is titled "Alabama Crimson Tide Football" and is written by Paul Kasabian.
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The Alabama and Georgia teams played each other in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday.
The media's pessimism about the Alabama football team's chances in this game motivated the players in the week leading up to the game, according to Alabama football head coach Nick Saban.
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The rat poison you put out there was delicious.
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Nick Saban loves being an underestimation.
The "rat poison" remark refers to a comment made by the Alabama coach after the team defeated Texas A&M. He dislikes the positive press the team was receiving prior to the ugly victory of the Aggies.
The quotes were provided by Michael Casagrande.
You have to give them a lot of credit for how they played tonight. I want our players to listen to me instead of listening to you. It's like poison when you write about how good we are. It's similar to taking poison. Like rat poison.
Georgia was a 6.5-point favorite to win the game.
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young threw for Alabama's defense did well enough to win the game, intercepting Bennett twice and harassing him with three sacks.
Alabama and Georgia are both going to the College Football Playoff. The national title game is likely to be played between Alabama and Georgia.
