{"id":344507,"date":"2025-09-05T20:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/344507\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T20:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:09:11","slug":"nick-saban-says-this-was-tough-to-understand-in-alabama-loss-to-fsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/344507\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Saban says this was \u2018tough to understand\u2019 in Alabama loss to FSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UC6ORFUZEBCIHP2P52YA64PY54\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/topic\/nick-saban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/topic\/nick-saban\/\">Nick Saban<\/a> made his weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7tjdMhW3AdI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7tjdMhW3AdI\">appearance on the Pat McAfee Show<\/a> on Friday, and he expressed he was confused about one element of the game Alabama lost to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/alabamafootball\/2025\/08\/extra-thoughts-and-notes-from-alabamas-shocking-loss-to-florida-state.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/alabamafootball\/2025\/08\/extra-thoughts-and-notes-from-alabamas-shocking-loss-to-florida-state.html\"> Florida State 31-17 on Saturday<\/a> in the season opener. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LS2BVEKLKJDOZJGHD3RVOY35XY\">\u201cI do think there was something in that game that was tough to understand in my opinion,\u201d Saban said, \u201cin that Alabama looked great going down the field on the first drive, Florida State goes right down the field and scores, and then the whole sort of psychological disposition of Alabama\u2019s team changed for what reason I don\u2019t know. Was it anxiety? Was it expectation?\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AKLJB7FZFBCERC6T5K7SO7OTZY\">The Crimson Tide put together a touchdown drive that spanned almost nine minutes to open the game. Then Alabama didn\u2019t score another touchdown until the fourth quarter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TYTPXJF3SZH3VK52VYXBLRE3MI\">\u201cObviously for me and for a lot of the \u2018Bama fans, a disappointment that Florida State dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/alabamafootball\/2025\/09\/nick-saban-evaluates-alabama-football-after-loss-to-florida-state.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/alabamafootball\/2025\/09\/nick-saban-evaluates-alabama-football-after-loss-to-florida-state.html\">Saban said Monday on ESPN<\/a>. \u201cBut the good news is, every team has the best opportunity to improve from Week 1 to Week 2.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PQWO2GNBSVABJDUZWFMMULNBVA\">Alabama will face Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday (6:45 p.m. CT, SEC Network) at Bryant-Denny Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ONGYEB7CGRHJTBCH2WTFL4A5RE\">Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/al.com\">AL.com<\/a> and the Alabama Media Group. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_NickKelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_NickKelly\">Follow him on X<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nick.a.kelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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