How you figure? I am not saying what Saban said is what Bama fans want to hear nor other schools want to hear. But anyone who understands Alabama Football expectations ans the significance of being #1 vs a long list of losers starting with #2, knows that what Saban said is true. The players coming to TTown are coming to win a championship and get to the next level. They are not coming to be proud of 10 or 11 wins and finishing not at the top.
Scarbinsky is just telling Stoops and the haters out there that face it. At Alabama its win it all or in our eyes a failure and a letdown. So playing in any game other than the championship is just an exhibition. Times have changed and I want to win every game but I understand that today players will not peak and play to their potential when the prize is no longer within reach. Its the nature of the sport and how it has evolved over the years.