Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and head coach Nick Saban are taking positives from last season's College Football Playoff National Championship game loss to Clemson.
According to Tony Tsoukalas of Rivals, Tagovailoa said Wednesday at SEC Media Days that the defeat will be a lesson learned: "It sounds bad, but I'm glad I had the opportunity to lose. What can you learn from a win?"
Saban seemed to echo his quarterback's sentiment, per Tsoukalas: "If you're a competitor, you're going to respond in a certain way and learn from the things you didn't do.