Nearly a decade after its iconic conclusion, Auburn’s win over Alabama in 2013’s frenzied “Kick Six” game laid the pathway for the Tigers’ run to the national championship game, and nearly caused Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban to walk away from the coaching ranks. It also reportedly brought him to tears.
In an excerpt published by CBS Sports from the new book, The Leadership Secrets of Nick Saban by Al.com senior sports editor John Talty, former Alabama player Christion Jones described what the Crimson Tide locker room was like in the immediate aftermath of the play, and how nearly everybody in the room—including Saban—was teary-eyed.
“You walk in and everyone is crying. Fifty percent crying and 50 percent tearing up,” Jones said in the book. “Coach Saban was in tears—he could barely talk. His face was red. Everyone was emotional; it was a funeral moment.”
