Alabama’s victory two weekends ago over then-No. 1 Mississippi State was a pretty big deal, but not near as important, of course, as the noticeable change in music choices inside Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Yellowhammer’s Jonathan Biles explained in his post-game recap, aptly titled “Saban didn’t notice Bryant-Denny Stadium’s winning soundtrack, but everyone else did” —
Alabama’s 25-20 win against Miss. State on Saturday was fueled by a dominant defense. That defense was fueled by the magnitude of the game, and some new music selections blaring from Bryant-Denny Stadium’s loud speakers.
The sellout crowd in Tuscaloosa was on its feet for the majority of the game and hung around for every second, but the updated playlist added a little extra boost.
Alabama head coach Nick Saban didn’t notice the change of soundtrack.
“I know nothing about it,” Saban said. “If it’s helping us win, I’m all for it.”
Saban said he never includes the team’s reactions to specific songs in their film sessions, but sarcastically admitted he might look into it.
“It may be something,” Saban said. “We need to probably put it on the film so we can analyze that when we look at the plays that we run and then we’ll probably have a better idea of how it’s working.”
But a Yellowhammer reader submitted a video to us today suggesting that Saban may be paying a little closer attention to the soundtrack than he’s letting on, so we uploaded it to YouTube so the whole world could enjoy.
Of course, Saban’s dancing skills come as no surprise.
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