By now, talking heads have second-guessed decisions in the Rose Bowl. Reporters have asked all of those involved for explanations.
However, Nick Saban pointed to two things, he said, had direct impacts on Alabama’s 27-20 overtime loss to No. 1 Michigan in the CFP semifinal game on Jan. 1.
Michigan huddles. The 72-year-old coach reveals it was “a big difference in this game, which no one talks about.” He admits it is a simple thing.
“When you play a no-huddle team and you’re not going fast, which we didn’t go fast enough, then their signal-caller is basically making calls to defend the formation and the alignment that you are in,” Saban explained in his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.”
The problem is, he explained, the reverse is also true.
Once again, the personnel and formation were changed. And once again, he didn’t like the look, but he was out of timeouts.
