Nick Saban hilariously thanks the media for 'yummy' rat poison after Alabama's SEC title win
![Portrait of Charles Curtis](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/09/15/USAT/b7389a89-e7f1-436d-9dea-51bc9c2b6a01-Charles_Curtis.jpg?crop=394,394,x0,y65&width=48&height=48&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
âRat poisonâ is one of Nick Sabanâs oft-used phrases, meant to refer to how the media, fans, narratives and the like can get into Alabama playersâ heads.
Over the years heâs sometimes tried to avoid referring to it and has been trolled for the usage of it many, many times (mostly by Lane Kiffin).
But after an upset of Georgia in the 2021 SEC championship game, Saban leaned right into it with all the underdog talk about facing the higher-ranked Bulldogs.
While speaking with reporters after the 41-24 win on Saturday, he dropped an amazing quote about âpositiveâ rat poison. This is gold:
âYou guys gave us a lot of really positive rat poison. The rat poison that you usually give us is usually fatal. But the rat poison that you put out there this week was yummy.â
Yummy rat poison. Really captures it, doesnât it?