Alabama, after a loss to Mississippi State on Sept. 19, has won its last 10 games by an average of 21.7 points, including a 29-15 dispatching of No. 19 Florida in the Southeastern Conference championship game. The team that turned it over five times against the Rebels has committed six turnovers since then and forced 12.
It's hard to measure the impact of that team meeting, but it certainly appears to have had a galvanizing effect.
"I think everybody elevated the level of intensity and the standard (to which) they were holding themselves accountable for their play," Saban said.