“This team has overcome some really tough circumstances. I’ve backed them when I needed to back them and I booted them in the butt when they needed to be booted in the butt. But they’ve always responded the right way.”
Alabama coach Nick Saban
“I think that everybody sort of minimizes the importance of this game now once you start talking about the playoff. But I tell you what, it’s a significant accomplishment. I’ve been in this league for a long time. It’s tough to win. It’s tough to win in your division and it’s tough to win this game.”
Saban
“I always believed in this group. I always ask them questions. I asked them the question after the Ole Miss game: ‘How are you going to respond to a loss?’ I’ve only had one team that didn’t lose a game. That’s a very difficult thing to do. So I think they responded the right way. Obviously we wouldn’t be here right now if they didn’t. They really overcame a lot of adversity and some real tough games to get here.”
Saban
“We take it as just an extension to our season. This is a new season. We have a three-game season. We played one. We put ourselves in position to have another two if we do what we’ve got to do. When the time comes for that week, we are going to dial up and get ourselves ready.”
Alabama wide receiver DeAndrew White on the College Football Playoffs
“We have to improve the pass rush scheme and be able to get contain (on the quarterback). But other than that, we just executed the game plan.”
Alabama linebacker Xzavier Dickson on the defense’s performance
"Back in high school, I played here my last game in the championship, and we lost. Pretty much I was just playing for everybody down the road in Gainesville High."
Alabama quarterback Blake Sims
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