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Here’s what Alabama coach Nick Saban said during his Week 2 press conference Monday.
Saban on USC review: "The lesson to be learned is we want to be more ready to play, get off to a fast start. Start fast and finish strong."
— Ben Jones (@BW_Jones) September 5, 2016
#Bama CNS: You have to improve, individually and as a unit, after people see you on film. They take away some things.
— Ken Rogers (@DEBamabeat) September 5, 2016
Nick Saban reveals his weakness: The low outside slider in college would get him to "hit a weak ground ball to second base."
¶— John Zenor (@jzenor) September 5, 2016
#Bama CNS: Western Kentucky, most people don't know they finished ranked No. 24 in the country and won a bowl game and their conference.
— Ken Rogers (@DEBamabeat) September 5, 2016
#Bama CNS: WKU has one of the most prolific passing attacks that we're going to see. Play tough, physical football on defense.
— Ken Rogers (@DEBamabeat) September 5, 2016
Saban: "We had two teams in our league that actually lost to teams that were nowhere near as good as (Western Kentucky)."
— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) September 5, 2016
Saban: QBs started shaking in the beginning. The longer they played, the better they got. We still need to play two QBs.
— Aaron Suttles (@AaronSuttles) September 5, 2016
Saban on playing 2 QBs vs. WKU: "We still think we need to play two quarterbacks to see the consistency that we want to see."
— Alex Byington (@_AlexByington) September 5, 2016
Saban on Steve Sarkisian rumors: "We talked about it quite awhile ago, and I told him we'd love to have him as a part of the organization."
— Alex Byington (@_AlexByington) September 5, 2016
Saban says ex-USC Steve Sarkisian: is joining Alabama's staff as analyst.
— John Zenor (@jzenor) September 5, 2016
#Bama CNS on playing two QBs: We're doing this for now. Both need to gain experience to play in the future.
— Ken Rogers (@DEBamabeat) September 5, 2016
Saban on Shaun Dion Hamilton: "Shaun played well." The plan is to still play both he and Rashaan Evans alongside Reuben Foster.
— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) September 5, 2016
Will Nick Saban start Jalen Hurts at QB? " I guess I might."
— John Zenor (@jzenor) September 5, 2016
Saban: "We've got to show we can get in the ring with the pit bulls. I'm not sure we've shown that yet."
— Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) September 5, 2016
Saban: No update on Raekwon Davis or Tony Brown.
— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) September 5, 2016
Saban says Ronnie Harrison's sideline scuffle w/ Eddie Jackson "was totally out of character w/ him" & involved talking back to USC players
— Alex Byington (@_AlexByington) September 5, 2016
Saban: When you have a teammate who cares about you and is trying to help you, the response should be "thank you" and not "screw you."
— Aaron Suttles (@AaronSuttles) September 5, 2016
Saban says Ronnie Harrison's sideline scuffle w/ Eddie Jackson "was totally out of character w/ him" & involved talking back to USC players
— Alex Byington (@_AlexByington) September 5, 2016
Jason covers SEC football for Saturday Down South.
