Nick Saban says he can dance better than he did after Cotton Bowl
Nick Saban says he’s a better dancer than what he showed after Alabama’s Cotton Bowl win over Michigan State.
Saban danced on the field after his team’s 38-0 win. If you haven’t seen his moves, here’s what he did.
He said Wednesday during his media session that his reluctance to let loose led to the bad moves and that he really is a good dancer.
“I really didn’t want to dance,” Saban said. “I really do have some moves, I didn’t want to let them all out. I really was criticized pretty harshly by [daughter] Kristen, who has seen me dance before and knows I can do better and she thought my effort was not really good.”
Maybe he’s saving the good moves for after Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game against Clemson if the Crimson Tide win. Saban said Wednesday that Alabama’s staff was looking towards what Oregon and Ohio State did to prepare for the CFP title game in 2015 for a guide to how to prep his team for the second game of a playoff.
Part of that preparation is fatigue management. Saban said he felt the team didn’t play “tired” against Michigan State and had Tuesday off in preparation for Clemson.
“We did some research on what [Ohio State and Oregon] did a year ago that were in this position, how they prepared their team, and used some of those ideas to see if we can get the right balance and the right formula,” Saban said. “But you never know until they go out there.”
“I’ve seen teams in bowl games that look slow and out of shape. I’ve seen teams that look really fast. I’d rather look really fast but I hope we’re not out of shape because it’s going to be a 60 minute game and there’s going to be more plays and the pace of the play is going to be faster and we’re going to have to adjust to it.”
Not only will Clemson run more plays than Michigan State did, Alabama likely will increase its number too. Thanks to big plays and a comfortable second half lead, Alabama ran 29 plays in the final 30 minutes.
Saban also said he had no idea Clemson would be his team’s title game opponent until after Alabama won the Cotton Bowl. Clemson’s win over Oklahoma was played before the Cotton Bowl and much of the second half was broadcast over the giant video screens that hang above the field at AT&T Stadium as Alabama and Michigan State were getting ready to play.
“To be honest with you I didn’t even know who won the other game until our game was over,” Saban said. “I didn’t really care.”
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