Nick Saban is expecting the Alabama crowd to show out against the Tennessee Volunteers this weekend.

Saban ended his weekly coach’s show Thursday night by going on a lengthy rant imploring the fanbase to make an impact on the game.

“You talk about what a great rivalry game this is and what a big game it is, but it should be a big game for everybody,” Saban said. “Everybody’s on the team — all the fans, everybody. And the fans in this game should have a huge impact on this game. I mean, you can have a huge impact with the noise that you make.”

Saban knows the Tennessee side will be pumped up for this game, after the Vols upset the Tide last season in Knoxville.

The veteran coach noted that the Vols like to play fast, and the crowd can force the team to slow it down.

“This team is trying to go fast. They run 2.7 plays every minute in the game,” Saban explained. “So you can affect that and disrupt that by making noise and it’s going to create energy and (an) environment that our players will play better in. They’ll be able to sustain their intensity better in, which is what we lost last week.

“It’s gonna take that kind of game for 60 minutes. These guys make a lot of explosive plays. They go fast. So it’s going to be one of those kinds of games and everybody’s got to stay with it. You’ve got to play the next play and stay in it as fans and you create the momentum of the game by what you do as fans. Don’t worry about the players creating it. You create for them one time. One time I’m asking you to do that.”

The Tide and Vols will kick off at 3:30 p.m. Eastern on Saturday.