TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin's shoulders hunched a little, his hoarse voice losing all exuberance as he stood in front of a gaggle of media members in the underbelly of Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Coming off of a 33-14 loss to No. 1 Alabama can leave a man with little to say and even less enthusiasm.
But as his sub-10-minute postgame press conference neared its finish, Sumlin, now in his fifth year as the Aggies' head coach, was asked why this team was different. After a loss to the best team in the country, why was this team not going to go down the gloomy roads past teams did after their first defeats of the season?