'Bama's Problem is Execution - Post Game Comments (Houston Game)

After the game, Alabama coach Nick Saban addressed his concerns about some of the offensive decision making for the first time this season.

“I don’t know what it is, but we’ve got to find a way to be more balanced,” Saban said. “In the second half, it seemed like we were trying to run the football way too much. They were bringing everything they had, and it gets difficult to block that. When we’ve spread the field vertically it’s usually turned into a touchdown. I think we need to be doing more things like that.”

So was Saban taking a shot at Applewhite’s playing calling? When asked that question, the Tide coach said no because all decisions go through him.

Instead, the Alabama coach is sticking with the opinion that the problem is execution.

“You’ve got to have faith that your players can make the plays that are necessary,” he said. “If I had a problem with the plays that were being called, I’d just change the play to a pass. All the calls go through me anyway.”

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