Nick Saban Finally Weighs In on Alabama's Upset Loss to Tennessee

Nick Saban has finally weighed in. The former Alabama head coach broke his silence on the Crimson Tide's upset loss to Tennessee, offering his reaction to one of the most surprising results of the season.

Alabama's defeat in Knoxville was the kind that reverberates — a loss to a rival, on the road, that reshaped the SEC picture and sent Tennessee surging. Saban's perspective carries particular weight given his history with the Alabama program and his role in building it into the standard Tennessee has been chasing.

That is what makes his assessment the draw here. When the most successful coach in the sport's history evaluates his former team's stumble against the Vols, people around college football listen.