"No Easing off the Pedal."
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Itās probably not a huge revelation that the Auburn loss last season gnawed unmercifully at Nick Saban.
Any loss in the Iron Bowl tends to have that effect, and when itās at home against the No. 1-ranked team in the country, seeing it slip away is all the more nauseating.
But what ate and still eats at Saban is the way his Alabama team lost that game.
In many ways, it was a microcosm of the Crimson Tideās entire season.
āYou keep going back to the way we lost the game,ā said Saban, who saw his team race out to a 24-0 lead, only to squander repeated chances to tack on more points in the first half.
āWe left points out there by errors that we made. And then to not be able to control the game in the second half was just as disappointing. You put the 24-0 score up there and then put the final score up, 28-27, and you say, āAre we ever going to let this happen again in terms of our psychological disposition to compete for 60 minutes?'ā
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Tide's Richardson takes center stage
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama senior center William Vlachos isnāt sure the Crimson Tide ever figured out what they wanted to be offensively last season.
āI think last year we didnāt quite form an identity at all or the way we wanted to form it as a power-running team,ā Vlachos said. āThatās what we are and what we will be. Itās on our shoulders in the offensive line to take the reins and establish that identity.ā
And along those same lines, Vlachos said there wonāt be a lot of guesswork on whom the Crimson Tideās go-to guy will be next season.
Itās Trent Richardson's show now.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Itās probably not a huge revelation that the Auburn loss last season gnawed unmercifully at Nick Saban.
Any loss in the Iron Bowl tends to have that effect, and when itās at home against the No. 1-ranked team in the country, seeing it slip away is all the more nauseating.
But what ate and still eats at Saban is the way his Alabama team lost that game.
In many ways, it was a microcosm of the Crimson Tideās entire season.
āYou keep going back to the way we lost the game,ā said Saban, who saw his team race out to a 24-0 lead, only to squander repeated chances to tack on more points in the first half.
āWe left points out there by errors that we made. And then to not be able to control the game in the second half was just as disappointing. You put the 24-0 score up there and then put the final score up, 28-27, and you say, āAre we ever going to let this happen again in terms of our psychological disposition to compete for 60 minutes?'ā
Read more here.
Tide's Richardson takes center stage
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama senior center William Vlachos isnāt sure the Crimson Tide ever figured out what they wanted to be offensively last season.
āI think last year we didnāt quite form an identity at all or the way we wanted to form it as a power-running team,ā Vlachos said. āThatās what we are and what we will be. Itās on our shoulders in the offensive line to take the reins and establish that identity.ā
And along those same lines, Vlachos said there wonāt be a lot of guesswork on whom the Crimson Tideās go-to guy will be next season.
Itās Trent Richardson's show now.
Read More Here...
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