re: Bama is in the clear - admins feel free to delete

Forgot.. Hey Coach is on now

His weekly radio show appearance from Buffalo Wild Wings in Tuscaloosa begins at 7 p.m. We'll update his comments as he makes them.

-- The first question includes putting Johnny Manziel on his butt.

-- Saban says it's about being aggressive and the Alabama defense has a better idea of how to handle it than a year ago.

-- It's not about a guy, Saban said. It's about the whole team.

-- Without losing the opener, Alabama still learned a lot about themselves in Week 1, Saban said.

-- It's getting hard er and harder to get through to the younger players because of the attention they get, Saban said. It was in response to a question about the hardest part of the "process."

-- "It takes time and it takes patience." ... "People learn better when they fail."

-- Saban said it's been hard getting this group to create its own identity.

-- It's been "a bit of a challenge" to get the right focus this season, Saban said.

-- Saban said they've adjusted some of the players' diets to prepare to play in the heat in College Station.

-- The up-tempo offense will add about 20 snaps to what a normal game would include. That means adding several players to rotation -- many of them will be young.

-- The A&M offensive line is strong, Saban said.

-- "This is a really good team," Saban said.

-- "I know the one guy gets a lot of attention, the quarterback and he deserves it," Saban said. But the rest of the Aggies are good too.

-- Question from a young lady in the crowd: "Why to you beat everybody?"

-- Saban answering that one now.

-- Harold from Georgia just called Saban "Nick." He better be ready for criticism.

-- The Aggies will play between four and five WRs a game, so Alabama will have only one LB on the field.

-- The spread forces Alabama to show its hand defensively and then they decide if they run or pass. "They're very perimeter oriented."

-- "If you don't play six defensive backs, you have to show them everything you're doing."

-- Landon Collins will be the sixth DB on the field.

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