For Alabama football players the first exam of fall camp comes on Saturday. They will have another a week later and even after grades from both scrimmages are in, competition will continue.
What will happen on Saturday and the following Saturday is players will fiercely compete. There will be regular season games when an opponent offers far less challenge than occurs when Alabama plays Alabama in fall scrimmages.
Nick Saban discussed competition among players earlier this week. While he was talking specifically about the quarterbacks, his statement applies to all players.
I’ve told our quarterbacks you know fall camp is not the beginning of the end.