Nick Saban was outwardly pissed at his team’s lack of focus in practice this week, and it showed on the field in Alabama’s 48-14 win over Mercer.
That’s the problem, of course. Alabama was able to play relatively poorly for much of the afternoon and still win easily. They haven’t played a team of this caliber since 2019, and like it or not that’s a tough thing to get “up” for.
The defense did its job in the first half, allowing 50 total yards without the services of starting CBs Josh Jobe and Jalyn-Armour Davis, both of whom Saban said should be back next week.