Nick Saban to @PatMcAfeeShow: "I think Amari Cooper sometimes is a little bit misunderstood because he's such a quiet guy. I mean, he went through three or four years at Alabama -- however long he was there -- and I don't know if we ever had a conversation."
Mike Rodak
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Alabama staff writer for @Bama_247, part of @247Sports and @CBSSports. Previously covered Alabama for @aldotcom and NFL’s Bills and Patriots for @espn.
- That’s 13 touchdowns tonight. The Bills have scored 13 touchdowns this season.
- Here was Todd McShay's way-too-early 2023 mock draft from May 2022: 1. CJ Stroud 2. Bryce Young 3. Will Anderson 4. Jaxon Smith-Njigba 5. Jalen Carter 6. Anthony Richardson 7. Jordan Addison 8. Will Levis 9. Tyler Van Dyke 10. Eli Ricks Ricks remains on the board at pick 251.
- Nick Saban to @PatMcAfeeShow: "When I took a job, I said, 'OK, this is how it's gonna be. I'm not listening to the board of trustees. They're not telling me who to recruit. They're not telling me who to play.' Understand that going in, and go tell them before I take the job,
- Replying to @mikerodakSaban: "I mean, he was never in trouble. He never came in my office. He did everything he was supposed to do. He's a great person. Went to class. Did everything you asked. Practiced hard. Did everything. But never said a word. "Sometimes as a coach, you feel like, well this guy
- Pat McAfee on @CollegeGameDay: "...Wisconsin might go and beat the hell out of 'Bama." Nick Saban: "I wouldn't bet on it."
- Nick Saban on ABC about Toledo CB Quinyon Mitchell: "He was our No. 1 guy in the portal last year to try to get him to come out of the portal, and he would never get in the portal."
- Nick Saban on College GameDay: “I would be alerting Texas A&M because in my opinion, in 17 years, going to Auburn, playing in Jordan-Hare — that place is haunted. I guarantee it.”
- Nick Saban to @PatMcAfeeShow: "I think Ohio State and Oregon -- the top teams in the Big Ten are just as good as the top teams in the SEC. But the SEC is so much deeper. There's 8 or 9 teams that have been in the top 25 this year, and they're all playing each other and they're
- Now the fun part for the CFP committee: how do you rank 2-loss Georgia, Ole Miss, Alabama and Tennessee? Alabama beat Georgia. Tennessee beat Alabama. Georgia beat Tennessee. Ole Miss beat Georgia.
- Donald Trump cheered loudly as he’s shown on video board in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
00:00 - Nick Saban on College Gameday, being shaken by a shirtless Pat McAfee as Lee Corso dances to Notre Dame's fight song with a shillelagh: "I never knew any of this. I never experienced any of this. I've never been to anything like this. THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!"
- Alabama walk-on tight end Coby McNeal, who joined the team last year at 26 years old, recognized on the video board when Marines were asked to stand as part of a Veterans Day recognition.
- Nick Saban on viral video of Miss Terry telling him to "sit up" to blow out birthday cake candles: "You think she made that cake? Miss Terry found out about catering a long time ago," Saban told @PatMcAfeeShow.


