Alabama Crimson Tide College Football Pregame Quote, 12/29/2022

On what he’s seen from watching film on K-State: Definitely physical, big upfront and their running back (Deuce Vaughn) does a great job of finding holes. He’s going to be a huge part of their game and they’re going to try to give him the ball. I think it is up to us to be able to figure out how physical we want to be and have them match our intensity. They are a really, really great team.

On key players for K-State other than Deuce Vaughn: I think the unsung hero on their team has to be their offensive line. I think the offensive line is so physical that they create holes for him to see, and not taking any credit from him. He’s a great back and I love the way he plays. He does a great job, but their o-line does a great job finding him holes, blocking what their supposed to block, and give him ways to get open and of course find those running lanes.

On K-State’s offense: They are physical. I think that is the biggest thing, they are so physical up front that they try to push guys off the ball and they create holes. They run a lot of gap schemes, pulling around and trying to stop a team like that is definitely hard. In my opinion I think that the SEC is the hardest football in America so I think we have been prepared every single week throughout the weeks to play a team like this.