Nix: No Tide change

Auburn quarterback Bo Nix, who is out for the season after undergoing ankle surgery, sounded like a frustrated Arkansas fan when he spoke on the Birmingham radio show “Next Round” on Monday.

“Yeah I did [see Alabama’s offensive performance] and just also saw that Arkansas almost did the same thing,” Nix said in reference to the Crimson Tide’s 42-35 victory over the Razorbacks. “And just a few of those obviously controversial calls that were in that game raises some questions for sure — I guess, unless you’re an Alabama fan. That’s just part of the game.

“We’ve discussed it over and over and over and that’s not going to change no matter what happens. But it was a good game for sure.”

Nix said the calls go Alabama’s way in most games.

“I mean, legitimately — I think you can watch the game and anybody unbiased would think that something is different,” Nix said. “But it is what it is. It’s kind of how it’s always been, but that’s part of the game and they have good players. You can’t take that away from them.”

Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, who passed for 559 yards and five touchdowns against Arkansas, met with the media later Monday and was asked about Nix’s comments. He basically sidestepped the question of whether the Tide benefit from favoritism by the officials.

“That’s an external factor,” Young said. “That’s something as a team we don’t look at, we don’t control.

“So whatever happens that’s out of our control, Coach [Nick] Saban’s always talked to us about making sure that we control what we can control and focus on what we can do. So any external factor, that’s not really something that as a team we’re concerned about.”