Alabama announces another positive test for Nick Saban
Alabama head coach Nick Saban has tested positive for COVID-19 a second time, the school announced Wednesday.
“This morning we received notification that Coach Saban tested positive for COVID-19,” a released statement from Dr. Jimmy Robinson and Jeff Allen reads. “He has very mild symptoms, so this test will not be categorized as a potential false positive. He will follow all appropriate guidelines and isolate at home.”
With the UA medical staff indicating that this does not look like a false positive, it appears Saban will not coach Saturday’s rivalry showdown against Auburn. Earlier this season, Saban tested positive ahead of the Alabama-Georgia game, but was asymptomatic and tested out by producing multiple negative tests, indicating the initial positive test was a false positive.
When Saban was expected to miss the Georgia game, offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian was announced as the acting head coach. UA has not yet made that announcement for the Auburn game.
Saturday will be the first Iron Bowl without Saban since 2006. In that season, Tommy Tuberville’s Tigers defeated Mike Shula’s Crimson Tide 22-15 in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Good time to start working on those Playoff Antibodies.
And look Auburn isn’t cancelling because of one positive test.. Good for them. Not trying to hide like teams such as FSU, bunch of cowards.
So the entire team is required to quarantine because science, right?
I’ll take science overvTrumps dumb a$$ and his minions
Aw man…politics again??
Please leave politics out of this.
If Coach Saban is positive the rest of the team has been exposed.
Quarantine is required, correct?
And of course,a trump hater has to act like a child. Not a single thing was said about trump. It is about Nick Saban.
Iron Bowl wont be the same without the Sabin tantrums we all enjoy.. Still hope he has a swift recovery and will be back soon.
Seriously, I hope he quickly gets over this. He’s important enough to be given the extra-special treatment that our President and Ben Carson received.
If the roster is unaffected, look for the team to be even more ready to play for Coach if it is possible to get more up for the Iron Bowl.
The first Iron Bowl I can remember hearing on the radio was an Auburn 14-8 win in 1958. As a third party in this game, I have loved this rivalry soooooooooo much and hope the game gets played as scheduled with no additional player quarantines. And, I can also state that I love both Alabama and Auburn fans. They are the salt of the Earth, although a few grains may be tainted with impurities.
He’s symptomatic this time, so I hope it gets no worse.
The only thing that this changes, is that I won’t get to see Saban getting animated on the sideline.
If we’re gonna win this game, this is how we’re gonna do it.
Don’t play man on Smith. None of our guys can guard Smith 1 on 1. Play McCreary or Tutt about 6 yards off of Smith. Have the safety, probably Smoke, flow to the side of Smith so that he’d be in double coverage most of the time.
Put Jaylin Simpson on Metchie. Seems like that a pretty even matchup. Simpson has been dominant. He’s quick and explosive.
Have Jamien Sherwood on Bolden because Bolden is explosive and big but so is Sherwood. Bolden won’t get one catch if Sherwood is on him man to man.
If we’re going to blitz, we’ve got to call it carefully. Jones is good at reading blitz. And their offensive line is very good. Good enough to pick up the blitz. Which means a deep shot down field to one on one Smith. Can’t have that.
Don’t know how to stop the run. Couldn’t do it against Tennessee. Won’t be able to do it against Najee and B Rob.
On offense, the o-line will be key. Especially with the injuries. We’ve gotta run the ball. Run it well. Shivers, Williams, and hopefully Tank can get us in good movement.
Dial up deep shots to Schwartz. He’s faster than anyone in the country. Nobody can guard him on a streak. Gotta execute that well.
If we keep converting on third down, we’ll take the crowd out of the game. They’ll get frustrated that they can’t get a stop, and that’ll be big for us.
Make the game longer. Our time of possession needs to be huge. A short game gives them less time to score.
And last thing, the one thing that Alabama will never ever have is more heart than us. They’re not a family like Auburn is. We have more heart than they do. And boy, that comes in handy. That’s our advantage right there. Use it.
War Eagle.
Talk to ole Chad Morris he knows about heart and family. LMAO.
You must be the Negan of Auburn fans…
Not enough caps/insanity, but he got the length down.
Yeah lol
I was more talking the last paragraph..
Well, if it weren’t true, would we have won last year, 2017, or 2013? I don’t so.
** think so
So every game the other team wins they have more heart? That’s so simple… Bama leads the series… Guess they have more heart…
I think that when the team with the obvious greater talent, loses to a team of not as big talent, hard work, heart, and giving your all, is the reason that less talented team wins. It’s gone both ways between Auburn and Bama. Some years Auburn has had more talent, and lost. Some years, vice versa.
108, reading that last paragraph is laughable. You sound exactly like negan.
Why is it laughable? Alabama clearly has more talent in every single position group than Auburn. So, we shouldn’t have won last year right? Or 2017. Or 2013. But Auburn played their hearts out. That’s how we won.
No you won because of the “house of horrors” and the voodoo magic at JHS. The prayer against UGA, the Kick Six against Bama, the double boink off the uprights to tie the game last year and the incredible “spike & fumble” play this year against the Hogs that should have been an L.
I guess Alabama can only lose from bad luck huh…
It seems like sheer bad luck for everyone.
So SC has more heart than Auburn? LMAO
Guess you didn’t watch the game. Jaycee Horn had three interceptions and knocked down multiple passes. That’s called playing with heart and giving that extra effort once you run out of energy.
“I think that when the team with the obvious greater talent, loses to a team of not as big talent, hard work, heart, and giving your all, is the reason that less talented team wins. “
So SC, UCF, UT and plenty other teams that are less talented than Auburn all have more heart which is why they won?
LMAO
Aint tryna start nothing. I’m just saying, in certain situations, not all of them, some teams rise to the occasion. They’ve gotta use something to win. And they can’t use talent. They can play their hearts out. If you have any coaching experience you’ll understand.
Well if Sabin has it… then Mat Jones, Devonte and Najee have definitely been exposed. I think they need to sit this one out also.. Im concerned about their overall health and dont want them to risk their futures…..
Better Safe then Sorry I mean….
Nah. They’ll test negative, and shake it off just like those D-line players who suit up for the Tiger Cubs.
Even if they were face to face with Saban, it doesn’t mean they got it. I literally played 1 on 1 basketball with a guy who had it at the time and didn’t know it but I tested negative.