Nick Saban on Jalen Milroe's Performance Against Texas
Transcript
00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - We'll hear from Nick Saban now.
00:04 He was asked about Jalen Milrow.
00:06 What kind of a game is he gonna have
00:08 against Texas on Saturday night?
00:10 Well, he does not predict the future, Scotty.
00:12 Here's Nick.
00:13 - So you're asking me to speculate
00:15 and answer a hypothetical question
00:18 about how some guy's gonna perform in the future?
00:22 I don't really know.
00:23 I mean, I love him.
00:24 I think he's doing well.
00:25 I know he's working hard to try to improve.
00:28 He's a good competitor.
00:30 He'll do everything he can to play his best.
00:32 But I don't have,
00:34 this is a Coke bottle, it's not a crystal ball.
00:37 - Whoa.
00:38 - How do you think of play?
00:42 - I listen, here we go again
00:45 with this guy being a D to people.
00:47 He's only the media darling when he gets what he needs.
00:51 He loves the media when he's getting votes for the playoff.
00:54 That's what he uses.
00:55 He manipulates the media for what he needs.
00:57 He's not fooling me.
00:59 I think he's the greatest coach ever,
01:01 but he's not fooling me.
01:02 Here's what I know.
01:03 He kicks assistant's asses.
01:05 And I don't care for one minute
01:08 that Texas is playing Alabama
01:09 because they're gonna get a rude awakening
01:12 and a welcome, you know,
01:13 a pre next year welcome kiss
01:16 from the tide in Tuscaloosa Saturday night.
01:19 Like you're coming down here every other year.
01:21 This is what's gonna happen to you every other year
01:23 when you come down here.
01:24 I'm on Alabama.
01:26 I don't care who plays quarterback.
01:27 - It's down to seven.
01:31 It was seven and a half.
01:32 It's down to a flat seven, 54 the total.
01:35 I'm with you.
01:36 Double digits for Alabama on Saturday night.
01:39 - Spank, I lay 17.
01:41 - I'm with you.
01:43 I just, I think they're gonna,
01:45 I don't care how close the game was last year.
01:47 That doesn't matter to me.
01:48 That just, that game in Tuscaloosa
01:52 is gonna be a whole nother animal.
01:54 (upbeat music)
01:56 (bells chiming)