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Title: "Nick Saban fired up over question about Alabama's focus for FAU, Southern Miss"
Post by: WALL-E on September 01, 2014, 06:49:02 PM
Nick Saban fired up over question about Alabama's focus for FAU, Southern Miss
(http://media.al.com/alabamafootball_impact/photo/alabama-football-saban-september-1-2014-db2db7c572d53e42.jpg)TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — There's no coincidence Alabama schedules a name-brand opponent in Week 1 nearly every season. Nick Saban says it creates a good target to influence good habits in the offseason. It's the next few weeks that could be...

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Title: Re: "Nick Saban fired up over question about Alabama's focus for FAU, Southern Miss"
Post by: Chechem on September 02, 2014, 05:29:22 AM
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"Why is the external factor of who you're playing have anything to do with how you play?" Saban said. "That means if we're playing against Michael Jordan, we play our best game. If we're playing against another old basketball player, then we play just like another old basketball player. Is that your thinking on this because it's not mine.

"If it's our players' thinking, I can tell you right now I'm going to be pretty pissed about it." ...

"We're not where we need to be," Saban said. "We're not the team we can be. If you're challenged by that, then why is it so important?"

Not the calm Coach Saban we saw on the sidelines.
Ask the wrong question, and he goes all Vesuvius on the press.

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