Auburn assistant coach Steven Pearl wasn’t afraid to give a hot take. He recognized that’s what was wanted on the radio show, so he delivered. Pearl was appearing on the Stingray Show on Tide 100.9 this week and shared this opinion: “I don’t think Alabama goes and hires Nate Oats if Bruce Pearl isn’t at Auburn,

For all the poetic ways he could have described his team's impending clash with Auburn, Alabama coach Nate Oats kept it simple.

It is the biggest basketball game in the history of western civilization. Or at least until the two schools meet in the season finale on March 8. For Saturday afternoon inside Coleman Coliseum, a matchup between the No.