Ironically enough, there’s a trend of former USC coaches joining Alabama, as Sarkisian wouldn’t be the first. “But did anybody write when one of Southern Cal’s players said, ‘I wish we knew who was going to play quarterback for them?’ Isn’t that the object, to make it hard for the other team?”
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“We had a really good plan for these guys, and our guys did a really good job of executing it”, Saban said, “but we would not have been able to execute that plan if we could not stop the run, which I was concerned about due to their offensive line and two really good runners”.
“Obviously the lesson to be learned is we want to be more ready to play, get off to a fast start”. Quarterback Mike White led the way with 517 passing yards and three touchdowns. “I love being around the game of football”.
In case you forgot, Kiffin used to be the head football coach at the University of Southern California until he was sacked on the LAX tarmac in 2013. “We have to stay consistent and play disciplined ball, because that was a very disciplined team that we played against”.
Southern California quarterback Max Browne scrambles away from Alabama defensive lineman Dalvin Tomlinson during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, in Arlington, Texas.
Taylor started all 15 games at right guard for the Tide last season, but was suspended this offseason after being arrested for driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident. “And I’m proud of our team for beating a good team”. Shank (Taylor) coming back at right guard, where he played before, he’s a powerful guy. That might be helpful to us. Lose, but bounce back against conference rivals, and the loss gets thrown well into the depths of the rear-view mirror.
Saban provided an update on a couple of injuries from Saturday. Sims, a junior, left the Tide’s season-opening win against USC this past Saturday with a bruised shoulder.
Next week against Western Kentucky in the home opener, Hurts figures to swipe that title.
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Sims suffered a “bruised shoulder”, according to Saban, and could miss several days of practice. “But I think everybody else will be OK”. It certainly didn’t help him that receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, who had 89 catches for 1,454 yards and 10 touchdowns last season, had only one catch for 9 yards when targeted five times.
