Nick Saban on Mizzou: 'This is by far the best offensive team we've played'
The Missouri Tigers have lost their last two games — vs. Georgia and at South Carolina — and star QB Drew Lock hasn’t thrown a touchdown pass in either game.
However, that doesn’t mean the Alabama Crimson Tide are overlooking the Tigers ahead of this week’s homecoming game — quite the opposite, actually.
At about the 1:30 mark of the below video, shared on YouTube by AL.com, coach Nick Saban praises both Mizzou’s offense and the Tigers’ defensive front seven:
“I think this is by far the best offensive team we’ve played to this point,” he said. “Certainly a very good front seven on defense — very difficult to run the ball against.”
The Tide will likely improve to 7-0, but Saban needs to keep his team motivated. While the Tigers might do a few good things on Saturday, don’t expect it to be too much of a challenge for the No. 1 team in the country.
If Barry Scrotum wins this one, I’ll support him as Mizzou Coach for Life.
Won’t keep my hopes up.
It’s funny Coach Odom said the same thing about some smart butt who calls himself a fan.
He said he would support me as Mizzou Coach for Life? You’re not making any sense. What do you take issue with here? Are you thinking Mizzou has a shot at this one?
He said the exact same thing prior to Ole Miss….
I can’t find a source where Saban said this about Ole Miss. In the pre-interview, he just complimented their offense and stats. In the post-interview, he didn’t compliment them much at all. I tried to provide the SDS URLs for Saban’s pre and post interviews this year (including embedded links). But SDS won’t allow URLs or links here, even to their own material. So please provide another source that I can Google if otherwise. I mention this because I have managed to retain respect for both Saban and Smart for their tempered — yet generally honest — public opinions.
Of course it’s “coach speak” but I’m still curious to see how the secondary, now without their most experienced DB plays against a really good QB.
Our game this past Saturday was hopefully an anomaly. Lock didn’t look that great, but of course a big part of that was the weather. Hopefully we get Emanuel Hall back this week. Maybe then, just maybe, Lock might get a few completions against your D. More than likely though, this will be another easy roll for you guys.
Lock hasn’t thrown a TD in how long? I mean if it’s going to be a shootout, give me the consistent QB, Tua. Lock might have NFL talent but the offense hasn’t exactly exploited it this year.
“Lock hasn’t thrown a TD in how long?”
Two games, but Mizzou and has had a bye.
Lock doesn’t have to prove anything else to the pros in his senior year other than playing in a more varied offense. He wants to win, even if it means the run game.
It is unlikely any scouts would penalize him any more than they penalized Mahomes for playing on an average team. Those last two games have moved Mizzou up to number 6 in league rushing. So the goal is winning, not Lock’s stats.