Alabama running back Bo Scarbrough was so excited after he broke an 85-yard touchdown run last weekend that he couldn’t help taunting a Tennessee fan. We’re guessing that won’t happen again.
On Wednesday, Alabama coach Nick Saban revealed that he reamed Scarbrough a new one after the sophomore put his hand in a fan’s face.
“I did talk to him. I talked to the whole team about it,” Saban said, per Charlie Potter of 247Sports.com. “I don’t know what category you would put the conversation in, whether it was talking to or we’ve talked about these elements of ass-chewings before. I don’t know where you categorize that one.
“But look, that’s a young kid that needs people to look up to in the world, needs sports figures that he can sort of have some admiration for the way they carry themselves, the example they set, the things that they do. And that was not an action that actually contributed to that in any way, and it’s not how we want our players to represent themselves, their family or the program.”
The celebration did seem pretty uncalled for, as the Vols fan looked to be minding his own business.
Bo Scarbrough put his hand right in front of this pissed off Tennessee fan's face pic.twitter.com/SEi9jeQDaB
— Chris Kirschner (@ChrisKirschner) October 15, 2016
We can only speculate as to how animated Saban got, but we have all seen him lay into Lane Kiffin on the sideline during games. If it was anything like that, Scarbrough probably learned his lesson.
