Nick Saban reacts to Alabama's loss to Texas A&M

Nick Saban has finally lost to one of his former assistant coaches.

Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M upset Alabama 41-38 on a last-second field goal, but really, Texas A&M pushed Alabama around for much of the night. The Tide came alive in the second half and outscored the Aggies 28-17, but the Tide’s defense just couldn’t get the stop when it needed to the most at the end of the game.

Fisher became the first former Saban assistant to defeat the Tide head coach, as he’s now 24-1 against his former assistants.

Following the Tide’s loss to the Aggies, Saban spoke to the media:

“Everyone needs to remember how they feel and not forget it,” Saban said.

— Michael Casagrande (@ByCasagrande) October 10, 2021

#Alabama head coach Nick Saban:

"Obviously this is a very disappointing loss for us. I know the players are very disappointed. I think everybody needs to remember how they feel, and not forget it. When I talk about having respect for winning, that's what I mean."

— Roger Hoover (@Roger_Hoover) October 10, 2021

Nick Saban: "Obviously, this is a very disappointing loss for us. I know the players are disappointed. But I think everybody needs to remember how they feel and not forget it."

— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) October 10, 2021

Saban: "We moved the ball effectively against them. We just didn't finish drives."

— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) October 10, 2021

Saban: "We did a lot of things out there to contribute to the other teams — penalties, dropped balls."

— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) October 10, 2021

Nick Saban is making sure everyone is held accountable for this loss, including himself. Says everyone needs to ask themselves “what did I do to contribute to this loss.”

— Clint Lamb (@ClintRLamb) October 10, 2021

“There were a lot of issues,” Saban said.

— Michael Casagrande (@ByCasagrande) October 10, 2021

“You can second-guess everything that didn’t work,” Saban said.

— Michael Casagrande (@ByCasagrande) October 10, 2021