Texas upset Alabama in the college football game of the week Saturday night at Bryant-Denny Stadium. But Nick Saban feels his squad can still learn from the loss and be better for it later in the season.
“This was a test for us,” Saban admitted postgame. “I told the players early in the week last week that this was gonna be a test, that we were gonna play a really good team and we would actually find out where we were as a team.”
“And this was a test for everybody,” the coach went on to say. “It was a test for the coaches, a test for me, a test for all of the players, and we obviously didn’t do very well.”
This is Nick Saban's 1st double-digit home loss as a college football HC since 2003 (Florida def. LSU, 19-7).
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“But it’s the midterm, not the final. So if we can learn from some of the mistakes that we made, coaches and players alike, we can all get better and have a lot better opportunity, I think, to be successful in the future.”
Saban continued by challenging everyone in his program. Saying they may either give up and be “mediocre” or face adversity full-on.
In Week 3, we’ll see what they decide.
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