theSabanator20
A mellow fellow
I hear that a lot, but I have a hard time believing players and coaches don't care enough to try and win if it's not the NC game. If this is the case, then that loss is on the coaching staff for not caring enough to get the team up for the game.
That's exactly what I said. And Saban would say the same. The man said himself it was a consolation game. I mean if you asked me then hell yeah I wanted to beat Oklahoma in that game. But me, a fan, didn't barely miss out on a chance for a 3peat. Motivating a team that has won 2 titles in a row for a game that they feel they shouldn't even be in is a hard task. Saban says that ALL THE TIME. It's part of coaching. Sometimes, all the players buy in. Sometimes, you have some bad egos. I mean how else do you explain those eggs USC laid in their run with Pete Carroll... Stanford? Oregon State? Motivation had a lot to do with that, and egos. You think a team full of 5 and 4 stars at USC is going to take a 42 point underdog seriously? Hell no, unless they have the right mindset.