Alabama coach Nick SabanTIDE, TAKE THREE
Three tidbits regarding top-ranked Alabama entering this week’s night game against visiting Ole Miss:1. Alabama has scored in 31 consecutive quarters, a streak that began with the second quarter of last year’s game at Mississippi State.2. AJ McCarron is the first Crimson Tide quarterback with 10 touchdown passes through the first four games. Kenny Stabler had the previous high of eight in 1967.3. Alabama has scored on all 18 of its trips to the red zone this season.
Saturday night’s college football clash between Alabama and Ole Miss at Bryant-Denny Stadium could be framed as the known vs. the unknown, but there are still things Nick Saban could learn about his top-ranked Crimson Tide.
Such as how they would respond if they ever fell behind.
In its emphatic 4-0 start, Alabama scored the first 31 points against Michigan, skunked Western Kentucky and Arkansas by a combined 87-0 and scored the first 40 last Saturday against Florida Atlantic.
“We’re constantly trying to teach our players to play the next play and to not be worried about the scoreboard or about the circumstances of the game, because those are external factors,” Saban said Monday. “We try to focus on what we need to do to execute the very next play. Whether you’re ahead in the game or behind in the game, it really doesn’t matter.