Nick Saban has hilarious finish after explaining blocked punt vs. Ole Miss

Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide pulled off the 24-10 victory over Ole Miss on Saturday, and after the game, the Crimson Tide head coach went into detail about the blocked punt from the SEC clash.

“You see they are in a 3-man shield, which means they have to zone, and the whole idea is to get four guys on their 3 guys,” Saban said. “Now they are backed up, so we are going to take 22 and scan over here, we didn’t think the center could block 34, and they’ll block these two guys. So, 17 is always a threat because of his speed, so we try to use and drop him. We roll the corner, you’ll see the corner come off and get 15’s eyes. And we are going to bring 7 up through this gap right here, and when these guys block these guys, he’s going to come right through here because we got guys eating up the shield, you’re going to be able to see how we blocked this punt.”

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Saban continued to break town the technical nuances of the play.

“The key to it is 7, he’s the guy we are really trying to get free, you see 20’s not even rushing the punt. He’s trying to make sure that they can’t block down on 7. Alright, 28 is eating this guy up, so 22 is stemming over so that uses up a shield guy, 34 uses up a shield guy, we got the corner rolling so you see what 15 is looking at, so the whole design is to get 7 free. This is not the first punt he’s blocked.”

But anyone that watched the game knows Alabama wasn’t able to get the ball in the end zone despite the great field position, and Saban acknowledged that at the end.

“So while it was a big play in the game, we got it first and 1 at the 1, and we didn’t do great with it, but hey at least we got it at the 1.”

Sean Labar

Sean Labar is an SEC football contributor for Saturday Down South.