Nick Saban's opening statement on Kentucky Monday

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00:00 >> How's everybody today?

00:02 >> Good.

00:03 >> So no new thoughts after watching the LSU game.

00:09 It was probably the most complete game we played all year,

00:15 especially the way we executed in the second half.

00:18 I thought offensively, we controlled the line of scrimmage, we had great balance.

00:23 Jaylin played really well, obviously, being a player of the week.

00:29 But I think that this team has created an opportunity for itself.

00:34 So everybody's gotta make a choice on what you wanna do to prepare and

00:40 continue to play at the level that we're capable of playing at and

00:43 to continue to improve.

00:45 And I don't think this is a time for anybody to be complacent.

00:50 I know that even Sunday morning when I got up, I was like, wow, I'm tired.

00:58 But you got to go, man.

01:00 You got to keep going, you got to keep grinding, you got to keep focused on what

01:05 you have to do to get better and to prepare for the next game.

01:08 Because Kentucky is a completely different type of team than what we played

01:14 against a week ago, and what we did last week is not gonna have any impact on what

01:18 we do this week.

01:19 They're tough, they're physical, they're well coached.

01:24 Coach Stoops does a really, really good job with this team in terms of

01:28 the competitive character that they play with and the intangibles that they have.

01:33 And they're six and three, and

01:37 they got some really explosive players on offense.

01:41 The quarterback has played really well for them.

01:43 They've got great balance on offense.

01:45 Their defense is tough and physical and really well coached in terms of what they

01:50 do, you know, Arian Brown is a really good returner.

01:57 So they've got lots of good players, very challenging preparation for

02:02 both sides of the ball.

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