After stomping evil Tennessee 29-9, shrugging off an upset prediction like the death of an unknown second cousin of a stepfather, and now with an 8-0 record (5-0 in the SEC), nothing but Bryant-era class:But all anybody wanted to talk about outside the Alabama locker room on Saturday night was the here and now. Sophomore middle linebacker Rolando McClain huffed when somebody brought up the fact that LSU had lost earlier in the day.Godspeed, and Roll Tide!"We don't really care about LSU," McClain said. "We'll get to them whenever we play them. Right now, we'll enjoy this for 24 hours and get ready for next week."
If he sounds like Saban, you're right. This whole team is starting to sound like Saban, which means it's highly unlikely that anybody is going to catch Alabama napping.
When a kid who was a thug here has drunk the kool-aid and knows how the coach wants him to think, they are right where they need to be. Mal Moore gets so much grief, but I'll say it again he was offensive coordinator during the two longest winning streaks in school history (under Bryant & Stallings) and he hired Nick Saban, despite all the criticism. All those guys who were ripping us are sure singing a different tune now that we are winning with traditional football AND our kids know how to act.
ReplyDeleteTennessee sure talked a lot of shit before and during the first half of that game. I saw lots of punk-ass nonsense, chest-beatings, and unsportsmanlike trashiness. That was coached into them by their dishonorable coach, and both the Tennessee players and fans bought into it.
ReplyDeleteWe, on the other hand, have a coach with a different motto: "You don't get into their heads with talk." After their offense had been shut down and their defense--good as it is--was literally run over, who was right?
You get into the other team's heads by knocking them on their asses. And once you do, no need to rub it in; you already did.
Roll Tide!