Lane Kiffin needed only one line to illustrate how much the game between No. 12 Ole Mi s and No. 1 Alabama means to him.Kiffin took a pregame interview with CBS Sports sideline reporter Jamie Erdahl moments before the game and only took one question: what notes he had to give Nick Saban's defense fits. He gave an
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