Nick Saban kinda smiled before walking off the podium Saturday evening. He'd just delivered a bonus thought after a round of questions following Alabama's 45-23 win over Texas A&M.
Saban just wanted a little help.
His Alabama team was 4-0, almost unanimously voted No. 1 in the two major polls and had set a few offensive records.
After all, it's this group in the interview room that feeds the sunshine train. They (we) produce poison that could kill a rat.
"If our players spent all the time reading the paper and listening to what you all say about them," Saban said at his Thursday radio show, "we'd never have a chance.