TAMPA, Fla. — Alabama coach Nick Saban believes the worst thing a team can do is play bad and win. He used a famous play from his time at LSU in 2002 to hammer home that point.
“Everybody remembers the ‘Bluegrass Miracle,’ where they dumped the Gatorade on the other coach before the game was over, and then we hit the pass and win,” Saban said at Amalie Arena on Saturday. “We played horrible in that game. We played horrible. But nobody ever remembers what happened next.”
Alabama beat LSU 31-0 the following week. That sentiment almost applies to Saban’s coaching career.