Nick Saban and the full College GameDay crew believe the Alabama Crimson Tide will win their Week 9 SEC matchup against the Missouri Tigers Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Saban and the GameDay crew made their predictions for Alabama-Missouri and other Top 25 games live from Bloomington, Ind., where the No. 13 Indiana Hoosiers (7-0) are hosting the Washington Huskies in a Big Ten showdown.
During his prediction, Saban also offered a word of encouragement for Kalen DeBoer.
“I think Alabama’s bouncing back. I think Kalen has taken the right approach with the TNT, ‘Takes No Talent.’ Get all those things fixed that really are just discipline type things (and) that can make Alabama a really good team.”
Lee Corso and celebrity guest picker Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies agreed with Saban and favored Alabama to win, as did Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Pat McAfee.
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Saban’s full Week 9 SEC, Top 25 college football picks
In other SEC action, Saban picked No. 7 LSU to win Saturday’s prime time showdown against No. 14 Texas A&M at Kyle Field, and No. 6 Texas to win at Vanderbilt.
In other Top 25 action, Saban picked No. 11 Notre Dame to defeat No. 24 Navy and No. 1 Oregon to beat No. 20 Illinois. Saban also picked No. 3 Penn State to get past Wisconsin.
As for Indiana vs. Washington, Saban said it was “hard to go against the spirit” of the fans in Bloomington before picking the Hoosiers.
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