Nick Saban said on his weekly radio show that road games are a “challenge and opportunity” and players need to think about how they will silence the crowd by their play. “Don’t get them involved in the game by things you do wrong.”
It is almost time for Alabama to play its most important game of the season to date.
-- PeeWee asked about the training staff getting players back to playing. “I think we probably have the best medical staff in the country,” Saban said, adding the staff has the trust of the players. Saban said college players need to be convinced to play if they are not 100 percent, but NFL players are not always 100 percent when they play because of smaller roster sizes.
-- Saban said Bryce Young is better looking than him and has a great personality to do television commercials. That’s impressive for a young guy, Saban said. -- Saban said there is a “lot of talk” about length of games in college football. When Saban was in the NFL, research was done about how long games should last. It’s an entertainment business and three-hour TV windows were important, he said, noting some college games last four hours. “I know there’s a lot of research being done right now on how can we make the game more consistent in pace of play.
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