Back story to the return of Dixieland Delight?

Lot's of discussion about DD coming back, but I haven't seen this connection made in the media, but I believe there's truth to this:

Saban got a lot of scorn in the media, especially national, for his remarks after the ULL game criticizing the students for not showing up and the atmosphere not being what it used to be.

Yet the talking heads often acknowledge that Saban's real audience when addressing the media is his players.

Lost in most of the discussion was the fact that, before Saban had said anything, a few players had already posted comments and photos on Twitter, obviously not happy with the students. If a few were posting on Twitter, you know it had to be talked about in the locker room.

No coach knows the mood in his locker room better than Saban. In his remarks to the media, Saban said they would look at doing something to address the student attendance problem. I think this was just another way of Saban telling his players, in front of the whole country, that he has their backs, and he has zero f**ks to give about what the media might say.

And so here we are. Sure, kudos to Byrne for agreeing to do this, but I don't think for one minute that this was Byrne's idea. Maybe it was. But it's no coincidence that Terry Saban and Damien Harris are in that video.

And I think the result will be that the students section will be packed until the end tomorrow...well, at least until Dixieland Delight.

Maybe I'm making a bigger deal about it than it is, but I think this whole thing is a lot more than Byrne just waking up one morning and thinking, "Hey, I think I'll bring back Dixieland Delight" to keep the students in the seats until the end.