"'Relief syndrome' not an Alabama team that's healthier, 'more relaxed' coming off LSU this time"

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'Relief syndrome' not an Alabama team that's healthier, 'more relaxed' coming off LSU this time

By Michael Casagrande | mcasagrande@al.com
Published November 13, 2013, 12:12:10 AM

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Spirits were high in the Alabama locker room Saturday night. They'd just blown past rival LSU in a brutal second half for a 38-17 win. Coach Nick Saban's speech dealt mostly with that, but there was something... Read more...

[Chechem]

"You cannot take things for granted," Saban said. "There can't be any kind of relief syndrome that, 'We got by that game.' I think the most important thing —  and I think this last game sort of showed that — the team we want to be is the team we were in the second half, an aggressive team that's trying to control the line of scrimmage, playing aggressively. Not a team playing with a lot of anxiety that's worried about making mistakes and errors."

Alabama wide receiver Kevin Norwood isn't feeling the pressure of an undefeated record.

"To be honest, I think everybody's just more, I guess, relaxed, I guess, after that game, Norwood said. "But at the same time, everybody knows that we must continue to keep this momentum going so we can build for the next game and the next game and the next game after that. I don't think anybody's just relieved. I don't think anybody's satisfied. Everybody's still hungry, everybody wants to go out and compete."

Just keep driving the bus, feeding the O-line, [insert all other pertinent clichés]...

 

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"You cannot take things for granted," Saban said. "There can't be any kind of relief syndrome that, 'We got by that game.' I think the most important thing —  and I think this last game sort of showed that — the team we want to be is the team we were in the second half, an aggressive team that's trying to control the line of scrimmage, playing aggressively. Not a team playing with a lot of anxiety that's worried about making mistakes and errors."

Alabama wide receiver Kevin Norwood isn't feeling the pressure of an undefeated record.

"To be honest, I think everybody's just more, I guess, relaxed, I guess, after that game, Norwood said. "But at the same time, everybody knows that we must continue to keep this momentum going so we can build for the next game and the next game and the next game after that. I don't think anybody's just relieved. I don't think anybody's satisfied. Everybody's still hungry, everybody wants to go out and compete."

Just keep driving the bus, feeding the O-line, [insert all other pertinent clichés]...

 

We can't get complacent
We need to take it one game at a time
We can always improve
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ....no, wait ....

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"You cannot take things for granted," Saban said. "There can't be any kind of relief syndrome that, 'We got by that game.' I think the most important thing —  and I think this last game sort of showed that — the team we want to be is the team we were in the second half, an aggressive team that's trying to control the line of scrimmage, playing aggressively. Not a team playing with a lot of anxiety that's worried about making mistakes and errors."

Alabama wide receiver Kevin Norwood isn't feeling the pressure of an undefeated record.

"To be honest, I think everybody's just more, I guess, relaxed, I guess, after that game, Norwood said. "But at the same time, everybody knows that we must continue to keep this momentum going so we can build for the next game and the next game and the next game after that. I don't think anybody's just relieved. I don't think anybody's satisfied. Everybody's still hungry, everybody wants to go out and compete."

Just keep driving the bus, feeding the O-line, [insert all other pertinent clichés]...

 

We can't get complacent
We need to take it one game at a time
We can always improve
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ....no, wait ....

You forgot "Never eat yellow snow". 

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