What Nick Saban said after Alabama's blowout win over Southern Miss
After getting to 1-0 in SEC play, Alabama took a break from the conference slate in Week 4, getting in a tuneup against Southern Miss before taking on division rival Ole Miss next week.
The Crimson Tide won decisively (49-7) and head coach Nick Saban could find few negatives – only the first-half finish – from UA’s blowout win on Saturday.
Here are some of the highlights of what Saban said in his postgame press conference:
- “I was really pleased with the early start. I think the defense played well early in the game.”
- “The defense saw a lot of of stuff they had to adjust to in the game and I thought they did a fairly good job of that.”
- Only negative was the first-half finish.
- “I thought we ran OK. We had a lot of positive runs, we had a few negative runs.”
- On RB Najee Harris: He ran with a lot of toughness, had a lot of positive, effective runs.
- K Will Reichard has a pulled hip flexor, might be questionable for Ole Miss game.
- DJ Dale should be okay with a patellar tendon strain.
- “We’ve got confidence in Christian Harris. I thought he played better today.”
- Terrell Lewis hyperextended his knee in last game. He should be able to play against Ole Miss.