Alabama certainly is winning, and to be sure the Crimson Tide under Coach Nick Saban does it in a businesslike manner. Bama practices with a purpose and plays with efficiency. That’s not to say there is no fun, that there is no emotion. Did anyone see the reaction of Bama players after Cyrus Jones’s 57-yard punt return for a touchdown against Michigan State? The 50-yard Jacob Coker to Calvin Ridley TD pass? The interception by Dillon Lee to preserve the shutout?
Alabama players are not robots. They are well coached and they are drilled to focus on the job at hand, which in a game is the next play.