According to the Associated Press former USC head coach Steve Sarkisian has joined Lane Kiifin at Alabama as Nick Saban’s coaching staff.
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Ironically enough, there’s a trend of former USC coaches joining Alabama, as Sarkisian wouldn’t be the first.
Sarkisian was sacked by USC in mid-October of last season.
Sep 3, 2016; Arlington, TX, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Hurts (2) throws during the first half against the USC Trojans at AT&T Stadium.
Nick Saban has a rule for his University of Alabama football team during games: Don’t talk to the other team. “But I think he understands the consequences that he deals with professionally if he has an issues or problems”. “If you want to know the truth about it, I wasn’t pleased with the way we played”, said Saban after the match. But the Alabama defense said no – a run was stuffed, Jonathan Allen sacked Max Browne on second down and a third-down pass by Browne (who was probably looking for Jonathan Allen) fell incomplete, leaving the Trojans further away than they had started.
“We’re not blind. We see what everyone else sees”, Brohm told reporters Monday.
Sarkisian, who also coached Washington, eventually succeeded Kiffin after Kiffin was sacked as USC’s head coach during the 2013 season. They play physical football. “His ability to run is very effective, and I think that actually opened up the running game”. “We’re glad to have him as a part of the organization and hopefully he’ll be able to get back on his feet professionally and this will be beneficial to him”.
“Most people probably don’t even know that they were a Top 25 team, finished ranked 24th in the country a year ago with a 12-2 record and actually won a bowl game and won their conference”, Saban said. Besides the day-to-day stuff that we don’t see, there is the tangible stuff we do see. A meticulous game-planner. An outside-the-box thinker who is willing to do anything (within NCAA rules) to help his team win games. “If we can do that and create a few mistakes by them, and maybe they screw a few things up here and there, you never know what can happen”.
“He’s got to kind of earn his way back, and that may take some time”, Saban said.
Alabama players have been reluctant to talk to the media in the past. Western Kentucky is 4-0 against the spread following a win, 5-0 against the spread in their last five games, 17-8 against the spread on the road against a team with a winning home record, and 5-1 against the spread following a game that they covered the point spread.
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Senior defensive end Jonathan Allen collected two sacks against the Trojans and has eight in his past seven games dating to last season.
