A few times early in Christian Miller's group interview with local reporters an unexpected word was repeated.
"It's just such a fun time," the senior linebacker said.
Like now?
Camp? When it's nothing but practice in the blast furnace of early August in Alabama with weeks left before the season opener.
That's fun?
"It just depends on how you look at it," Miller said. "You got to understand why you play this game. You play it because you love it or you play it for the lifestyle. If you play it because you love it, this should be a fun time of the year.