Alabama’s Nick Saban says ‘rat poison’ is ‘worse than ever’ as Crimson Tide prepare for Utah State

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Alabama head coach Nick Saban may be preparing for his team’s first game of the 2022 season against Utah State, but he doesn’t appreciate that some people are overlooking the Aggies before the Crimson Tide travel to Austin, Texas, to take on the Longhorns in Week 2. 

Saban, appearing on the weekly radio show "Hey Coach" on Thursday, said that Utah State is not getting the respect they deserve after winning 11 games and the Mountain West conference championship in 2021. 

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban addresses the press during SEC Football Kickoff Media Days at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta on July 19, 2022. (Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"I think the rat poison this year, not to bring up a sore subject, it’s worse than ever," Saban said Thursday, according to AL.com. "I’ve had more people ask me about how we’re going to do against Texas this week than how we’re going to do against Utah State.

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"I’m like, ‘We don’t play Texas this week!’ So I’m like, ‘What are you thinking about?’ Then I go to church on Sunday and the sermon is, ‘He who exults himself will be humbled. He who humbles himself will be exulted.’ So it’s almost like, if you put rat poison in that same thing, it almost fits perfectly — perfectly! It’s crazy."

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban speaks during SEC Football Kickoff Media Days at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta on July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Alabama welcomes the Aggies to Tuscaloosa as 42-point favorites for a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff. Utah State is 1-0