Nick Saban Not Concerned About Sign-Stealing from Michigan in Rose Bowl
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Michigan football program has been under a sharp light all season. The Wolverines have been and are — technically — still under investigation amidst a sign-stealing scandal involving staffer Connor Stalions.
The Wolverines head coach, Jim Harbaugh, coached just seven of Michigan's 13 games thus far this season. He will be in charge when the Wolverines meet Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl.
Is Nick Saban worried about the controversy? It doesn't appear so.
"Not really," Saban said. "We always change things up a little bit, but we're focused on what we have to do to try to get good execution and we're not really concerned about any of that stuff."
What is Saban concerned with?
"The first three days of practice we've really tried to focus on fundamentals," Saban said. "I think everybody's got to practice with a plan, a sense of purpose. Everybody's got to kind of reinvest into conditioning, reinvest into fundamental techniques, discipline to execute, blocking, tackling. It will all translate into positive performance in the game. And I think it's hard to carry the momentum from the season into the game when you've got almost a month between games."
"It's a great opportunity for our players. It's a great challenge for them. But you're not really owed anything when you play in these games. It's like a one-game season when you're playing in the playoffs, so we've got to put everything into it we can. And everybody's working hard to try to do that."
