What did Saban have up his sleeve this week? Rat traps.

All week, there was a narrative going around the media that the matchup in Lexington for Alabama could be your classic “trap game.” And for good reason. It had all the makings of one. Alabama traveling far north, an 11 a.m. kickoff, the Tide coming off a huge win against LSU and the SEC West all but locked up. All things that Nick Saban refers to as “rat poison” is the exact type of mindset he tries to root out from his players. Well Alabama looked every bit of prepared and ready to go from the jump against Kentucky, getting out to its fastest start against an SEC opponent all season for an ea