Tomorrow, Alabama is going to be playing @ Florida State.
The Alabama-FSU game will be aired by CBS Sports with Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (analyst) and Tracy Wolfson (sideline reporter) calling the action. The kickoff time is set for 4 p.m. (CDT).
Saban addressed the media during the SEC Head Coaches teleconference Wednesday morning and again following practice. Here are some of his comments:
On Florida State
“We are certainly going to have to continue to improve playing a national power with a lot tradition like Florida State. It is an opportunity for us to play and out of conference game. It gives a lot of exposure to both teams and certainly both teams have national reputations. Florida State has a great football team. Defensively, they are the best we have played against all year, relative to their players and how they play. Offensively they have good enough players to score points. They have excellent skill guys. They are outstanding on special teams. This is going to be a very challenging game for us and our focus needs to be on what we need to do to improve and get right ourselves.”
On the excitement surrounding this game
“We are excited about the game. I think it’s a great game for us from a program standpoint. It’s a great opportunity for our players to play against a great football team from a great league. We are representing the SEC. It’s almost like a bowl game. It’s a national television game. We are playing at a neutral site. We are playing against a team that is a national power and has great tradition and a great coach, who is the winningest coach of all time and a great person. He is certainly someone I have always tried to emulate in this profession; relative to his class and the way he has as done things. I think it’s an outstanding opportunity for our players. We are very excited about playing the game.”
On whether knowing FSU offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher and having Kevin Steele on staff gives some added insight
“They may know a little bit about what we do and we may know a little bit about what they do, but you never know when they are going to do it, so you always have to adjust and play the game and it’s going to come down to the execution of the players on both sides of the ball.”
*courtesy of rolltide.com
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