Nick Saban loses it on player, is all Alabama fans after Tide special teams blunder

Nick Saban loses it on player, is all Alabama fans after Tide special teams blunder

Nick Saban lost it on Saturday after a special teams blunder put No. 3 Alabama even further in a hole against No. 6 Tennessee on Saturday.

With 12:42 left in the first half and the Vols leading 21-10, the Tide forced a rare punting situation.

On fourth and 3 from the Tennessee 32, the Vols punted. Kool-Aid McKinstry looked like he was going to field the punt, then decided against it. However, Quandarrius Robinson inexplicably tried to pick up the loose ball – not fall on it – and the Vols recovered the ball. It appears Robinson might have thought McKinstry had touched. Either way, he should’ve fallen on it, not tried to scoop it up and run with it.

As you can see from his reaction, the Alabama coach was not too happy with Robinson.

Three plays and 40 yards later, the Vols scored another touchdown to take a 28-10 lead over the Crimson Tide, which has won the last 15 meeting between the two teams.

The game is being live streamed on Paramount+ (free trial), fuboTV (free trial) and DirecTV Stream (free trial).

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.