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Bulletin-board material? Alabama LB Mack Wilson posts cigar picture ahead of Tennessee game
By Adam Spencer
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As No. 1 Alabama prepares for a struggling Tennessee team this weekend, coach Nick Saban has been stressing to the Crimson Tide that they can’t take any opponent for granted.
Therefore, he probably wouldn’t be too happy with a picture Alabama LB Mack Wilson posted on Wednesday night, showing himself and a couple of teammates smoking victory cigars after last year’s Tennessee game.
As you can see below, the caption in the picture says “We lighting it up this weekend,” referring to a Crimson Tide victory:
https://twitter.com/iam__mw3o/status/920831485946597376
As Saban has said many times this year, he doesn’t want his team buying into its own hype or reading the so-called “rat poison” that is positive press coverage.
Clearly, Wilson hasn’t gotten the memo, as this is likely exactly the type of bulletin-board material Saban would rather not give his opponents, no matter how much they’ve dominated this year.
Yes, Alabama should cruise to another easy win on Saturday afternoon, but Saban wants his team focused on the task at hand every week, so basically guaranteeing a victory isn’t what he’d want Wilson to do.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
