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Nick Saban on what he learned from Alabama spring game

by: Austin Brezina04/16/22AustinBrezina59
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Alabama head coach Nick Saban spoke on the field immediately after the Alabama spring game finished, commenting on what he learned from the day. Team White defeated Team Crimson 25-7 in the annual A-Day Game at Bryant-Denny Stadium, giving Saban plenty of information to work with about how his players performed in game-type situations.

Nick Saban on spring game

Following a big day on the field for their defensive stars, Alabama’s defense gave plenty of film for the offense to work with. Saban’s only specific takeaway from the contest that he mentioned was the pass rush’s effectiveness against their offensive line.

“I think you learn about your team all season long, but today was a day that you really see showtime,” said Saban after the game. “You know, who can play, who couldn’t play. Who could go out there and be responsible to do the things that they needed to do to play winning football. We’re gonna learn a lot about the guys that did that. Obviously we had a tough time blocking the pass rush, too many sacks. So we’ve got a lot of things to work on. But it’s good to know. And we’ve got other good players that we’re trying to get in there so we do better in the fall.

Saban was then asked which dinner he gets as the head coach, since the winners of the game traditionally get steak dinners while the losers eat “beans and weenies” afterwards.

“Whichever I choose, but most of the time I think you can answer that,” joked Saban.

Not even former Heisman winners are exempt from eating weenies after the loss, as quarterback Bryce Young was the leader of the losing Crimson team. The scrimmage attempts to even out the squads by pairing first-team offense with second-team defense on the Crimson team, while the White team fields the first-team defense and second-team offense.

The White team finished the day with ten sacks, including three from linebacker Dallas Turner. Additionally, they held Young and the Crimson offense to just 201 total yards on the day — a dominating day for the defense.