Nick Saban furious with Lane Kiffin after late touchdown

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Nick Saban went crazy on the sidelines and chewed out Lane Kiffin at the end of Saturday’s win over Western Kentucky.

Alabama was up 38-3 with 2:10 left and the game was essentially over, but Bama’s Kiffin called for a non-traditional running play. The Tide lost the ball on a fumble, and Western Kentucky turned it into a touchdown to make the score 38-10.

That led Saban to ream Kiffin on the sidelines:

Nick Saban just went NUCLEAR on Lane Kiffin #RollTide pic.twitter.com/0cIhVxgXnM

— Brad Crawford (@BCrawford247) September 10, 2016

Asked about the exchange after the game, Saban dismissed the notion that the two had an argument and called it an a– chewing.

Saban was extremely frustrated after the victory.

Saban: I don"t think I"ve ever been this disappointed after a win. Ever.

— Marq Burnett (@Marq_Burnett) September 10, 2016

The comments come as no surprise considering he’s a perfectionist who does not want to see his team make any mistakes. It’s also interesting to note that Western Kentucky’s late touchdown could have affected the betting spread, which was around 27 points.

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PSG suffer late heartbreak in home draw

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Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain conceded an injury-time equaliser as they warmed up for their Champions League clash next week against Arsenal with a disappointing 1-1 home with Saint-Etienne on Friday.

The big-spending Parisians looked set to top Ligue 1 thanks to a fortuitous second-half Lucas penalty, but Robert Beric popped up in the second minute of added-on time to somehow eke out an unlikely point for the visitors.

The French champions gave a first start this season to international midfielder Blaise Matuidi after the former Saint-Etienne player saw a proposed transfer to Italian champions Juventus fall through.

He was involved in the major talking point of a tepid first-half when he appeared to have his legs swept out from underneath him when well placed in the box, but the referee waved away furious home appeals for a penalty.

Meanwhile goalkeeper Kevin Trapp had to be at his best to thwart the away side when he was down smartly to his left to save from close range at the Parc des Princes.

PSG, runaway league winners last term, had plenty of the ball in the second period but did little with it, with coach Unai Emery calling for winger Angel Di Maria off the bench shortly before the hour in the hope he would inject some badly needed pace and guile.

They finally made the breakthrough in the 67th minute thanks to a penalty from the Brazilian winger Lucas, after Matuidi again took a tumble, although there was a large slice of fortune in it with the contact clearly outside the box.

The Parisians were cruising to victory, before Beric neatly chested down a deep cross late on and knocked the ball into the ground and over the stretched arms of Trapp.

PSG, now without defender David Luiz following his return to Chelsea and sitting third in Ligue 1 after two wins, one defeat and one draw, host Premier League Arsenal on Tuesday. 

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Late Saudi penalties catch Iraq napping in World Cup qualifier

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Shah Alam (Malaysia) (AFP) – Nawaf Al Abed buried two penalties in the last nine minutes as Saudi Arabia came from a goal down to beat regional rivals Iraq 2-1 in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday.

War-torn Iraq, playing their home fixture in Malaysia’s Shah Alam, struck early through Mohannad Abdul-Raheem and  looked headed for victory as the clock ticked down.

But on 81 minutes, after Saad Natiq brought down Hassan Muath in the box, Abed drilled home a powerful equaliser from the spot.

And there was more to come after Abed won another penalty which he converted in the 87th minute to hand the Saudis their second win in two third-round matches so far.

It takes Abed’s tally to three late penalties in Saudi’s two games after he hit the 84th-minute winner from the spot in last week’s 1-0 victory over Thailand.

The result badly dents Iraq’s chances of winning one of the two automatic berths for Russia 2018 from the six-team Group B, after they lost last week’s opener 2-0 to Australia.

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Les Miles will review Josh Boutte’s late hit against Wisconsin

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LSU head coach Les Miles has a lot to review after an upset loss to the Wisconsin Badgers to open up the season, and one of them will be the late hit by offensive lineman Josh Boutte.

After safety D’Cot Dixon intercepted LSU quarterback Brandon Harris late in the fourth quarter to seal the 16-14 win for Wisconsin on Saturday, he found himself on the receiving end of a vicious cheap shot from Boutte (video here).

Miles said after the game that he would review the hit, hinting that it was possible Boutte didn’t know the play was over.

“I grabbed him right away,” Miles said, per Adam Rittenberg of ESPN. “I’m going to have to see the film, but he’s an offensive lineman in protection, and what happens downfield sometimes is you’re protecting beyond the play. … Again, I’ll have to check this, but it’s very logical that he did not even know [Dixon] had gone down and was just running [with the ball].

“He’s not a malicious guy,” Miles continued. “I just can’t imagine that he saw him go down and then made it back.”

Boutte was ejected immediately for the hit, which definitely looked unambiguously callous. Hopefully after reviewing the film, Miles will be able to determine if further disciplinary action is warranted for the senior lineman.

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