"Everyone wants to be the beast -- you've heard that one before -- until you have to do what the beast do," Saban said. "Well, when it gets hot outside and you have to practice in pads and take a lot of reps, you either have beast mode or you don't have it. All right? We had some guys that had it and some guys didn't.
"We have to get that corrected so we can get everybody doing what they need to do so they can get better individually and we can get better as a team."
Wide receiver Chris Black said "guys were cramping up left and right" after the Crimson Tide practiced for two hours ...
Games last 4 hours, right?