Nick Saban offers early impressions of Iron Bowl, explains why Auburn is dangerous
The more than three-touchdown spread in the Iron Bowl is not going to deter Alabama coach Nick Saban from taking Auburn seriously.
Saban at his press conference on Monday described the Tigers as a top 20 team and a team that plays well in all three phases of the game, including being second in the SEC in scoring defense.
“Got some very active linebackers, very athletic on defense, make a lot of big plays, Kevin Steele does a great job with them,” Saban said. “Bo Nix is a very effective quarterback in every regard. He’s a very good passer, they’ve got some very good skill guys at receiver. He can extend plays, he can run quarterback runs when they need him to. They have some really good running backs, they have great balance. … This is going to be a very challenging game for us in a lot of ways.”
Last year, Saban said the Crimson Tide didn’t play well in the Iron Bowl and made a lot of mental errors.
“Taking nothing away from them, they played well in the game,” Saban said. “They deserved to win, we couldn’t make plays when we needed to make them. … We’re going to have to execute a whole lot better to have success in this game.”
Auburn has every reason to believe they can play with Bama. It’ll be interesting to see what happens.
This is how Malzahn is able to keep his job! Alabama find ways to give Malzahn an extension or keep him from getting fired almost every year. This will be very interesting year for Auburn and for Malzahn.
3 starting OL and our best offensive weapon (Tank) might not be available. If they are, they won’t be 100%. I’ll be happy if they keep it competitive this year.
What’s wrong with Tank? I heard something about a knee injury. Can you elaborate?
Left hip injury, fell on it wrong
It’s coach speak. Have you ever heard a coach saying “we have them drastically outmatched in every facet of the game?” Alabama could be playing UNA and you’d get a lot of the same comments.
You shouldn’t talk down about a school that has more NCs than Auburn. Just joking. We won ours in Dll. . Your point is more than valid on both accounts. Never thought I would see my old team posted on this site.
I live 40 minutes from Florence, that’s why I used that example lol.