August - 2015
SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
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Bama’ Coach Nick Saban
Still Impacting Former
Player Eryk Anders
Article By: Jeremy Klump
E
ryk Anders is making
a name for himself in
the MMA world, but
before he did that, he was
best known for his time as
an Alabama Crimson Tide
football player. Anders was
part of the 2009 National
Championship team and
had the game sealing sack
that forced a fumble, which
was recovered by the Crim-
son Tide. Anders talked
about his time as a member
of the Tide.
“At Alabama, my last sea-
son, we won the national
championship,”
Anders
told The MMA Corner. “We
played Texas and it was a
surreal experience. Only 1%
of high school football play-
ers get a division one schol-
arship. The next goal was
the NFL, which did not work
out, but I had a great time
at Alabama. The fans were
awesome and there is no
bigger playing field. There is
no better atmosphere. Every-
thing at Alabama is ‘A1’ and
it was a great experience.”
It was definitely a great ex-
perience for Anders as he
played for arguably one of
the greatest college foot-
ball teams college football
has ever seen. The 2009
Alabama Crimson Tide will
be up for argument on the
fact that they are the best
team ever, but one other
argument could be that the
coach, Nick Saban, is also the
best. Anders talked about
what it was like to play for
one of the greatest coaches
of all-time, Nick Saban.
“First thing about Nick Sa-
ban is, it really depends on
the time of the day you
catch him,” Anders said. “If
you catch Coach Saban be-
fore meetings start, he is one
of the fellas. He is cracking
jokes making fun of people.
He is taking jokes, but at
2 o’clock, when meetings
start, he is like Dr. Jekyll and
