Nick Saban questions Alabama football’s ability to finish season strong

Alabama football still controls its own destiny with three games remaining on its 2025 schedule.

The Crimson Tide is in position to earn a first-round bye if they win out, and a loss to either Oklahoma or Auburn is not expected to keep them out of the playoff.

Former Alabama football head coach, Nick Saban is hopeful the Tide can finish the season strong, but he also knows the ‘poor me’s’ could creep into the Alabama program.

“One thing about this whole thing, and you say Ohio State hadn’t played a tough schedule, but just taking Alabama, which I’m closest to because I live there, this has been a tremendous grind for this team,” Saban said on “The Pat McAfee Show.” “They’ve played like four or five games in a row against really top opponents. Now they’re going to go play Oklahoma, who’s a top opponent. LSU is no slouch, regardless of what you think from a player standpoint. So they’ve been through this gauntlet. So. can they actually build on the momentum that they have? Or are they going to get the poor me’s, I call it, because sometimes your team gets the poor me’s at this time of the season. You know, poor me, I’m tired, poor me, I’m hurt, poor me, this and that, all that. And if you get that, then you don’t practice as well, you don’t prepare as well, you don’t play as well, and those things start showing up in your performance. And I’m just hoping this team can sustain their way through it and prove that they are where they should be.”

Alabama’s next test is against Oklahoma at home. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. CST.