There were swaths of empty seats at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday.
And Nick Saban noticed. Boy, did he.
You see, as Alabama's football coach tells it, students should have been out in full throng, even though the Crimson Tide were a seven-touchdown favorite over lowly Louisiana-Lafayette and cruised to a 49-0 halftime lead.
"I can honestly say I was a little disappointed that there weren't more students at the last game. And I think we're trying to address that," Saban told reporters Wednesday.
"I don't think they're entitled to anything, either. And me personally, I think it ought to be first come, first serve, and if they don't want to come to the games they don't have to come.