Nick Saban outlined Alabama's motivation before dominating LSU
As Nick Saban said during the week leading up to this year’s Alabama-LSU game, his teams haven’t been in many “revenge” games. In the college football world, perhaps the biggest draw of watching the 8-0 No. 1 team face a struggling 3-4 unranked opponent was the revenge factor.
Alabama got its revenge with a 55-17 win in Tiger Stadium. Saban described the Crimson Tide’s mission as breaking LSU’s confidence in the rivalry.
“They beat us last year, they probably have some confidence that they can play well against Alabama. So, we’re going to have to change the way they think,” Saban told CBS.
Members of the 2019 LSU squad will probably still have confidence about beating Alabama in Bryant-Denny Stadium, but the newcomers just experienced a one-sided start to the rivalry.
“They beat us last year, they probably have some confidence that they can play well against Alabama. So, we’re going to have to change the way they think.” – Nick Saban before Alabama beat LSU 55-17 pic.twitter.com/Euf1HrF24w
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) December 6, 2020
Best comment I heard:
Last year, LSU told us “no excuses.”
This year, LSU has more excuses than they do active players.
LMAO
This was the “forgone conclusion” game. We didn’t see anything that wasn’t already known.
Yea, but it was just good to see it happen live.
I guess this comment section is going to unconditionally moderate every comment I make on an SDS article this morning…please fix this
We’re working to resolve the issue.
LSU back to back to where they belong. An after thought and a has been. What a difference a year makes. Roll Tide
That’s one of the boldest pre-game comments I’ve ever heard from a Coach and THEN his boys backed him up! Wow!!!