Nick Saban's Opening Statement on Texas Monday

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00:00 I think this is a review of the last game.

00:05 Players played hard in the game, competed well in the game.

00:08 I thought we played more physical, executed fairly well for the most part.

00:15 But as in all first games, there's a lot of opportunity to correct things that we

00:19 didn't get quite right.

00:21 And I think that it shows a lot in terms of how the team is approaching the season,

00:29 and how much you improve from the first game to the second game.

00:33 And so the players having the right mindset relative to the challenges that

00:38 we have internally on our team to get better is important to being able

00:44 to get those things fixed.

00:46 I think that games like this are something that players certainly look forward to.

00:51 It's great that Jaylen got recognized as SEC Offensive Player of the Week,

00:56 and Caleb the Freshman of the Week.

01:00 But both of those players played well and obviously got recognized for it.

01:06 They'll also have to continue to look at the things that they did well and

01:12 build on those things.

01:13 And hopefully that confidence helps them in the future.

01:17 But also stay focused on doing the things that they need to do to improve in terms

01:23 of their consistency in performance and execution.

01:26 I don't think there's anybody on our team who doesn't have something that

01:31 they could actually improve on relative to their performance last week.

01:36 So...

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