No former assistant of Nick Saban has ever defeated Saban as a head coach. Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher, Saban’s offensive coordinator at LSU, will try to be the first.

Fisher knows that no matter how prepared he has his Seminoles squad prepared for the Crimson Tide, his former boss will call something Fisher doesn’t see coming.

“We all evolve over time,” Fisher told ESPN’s Chris Low. “The thing about Nick is that as soon as you think you have him down, he will throw you a curveball. I know this: They are going to play hard. They are going to be well-prepared in all phases. You have to beat them. They aren’t going to beat themselves. That’s hopefully what we do, too.”

Fisher will be put to the test with how he reacts to those curveballs on Sept. 2.