Steve Sarkisian joins Alabama football program as analyst

The No. 1 Crimson Tide opened the season Saturday with a 52-6 thrashing of the team that fired Sarkisian last season.

But the opportunistic Crimson Tide came alive in the second quarter and reeled off 17-unanswered points against No. 20 Southern California.

“We played a very good team today, and they played up to their potential”, Helton said after the game. “We have to stay consistent and play disciplined ball, because that was a very disciplined team that we played against”.

Some say that the Alabama football program has become a coaching rehab facility. “The cold hard truth is we did not play up to ours”. Hurts wasn’t available to reporters afterward, and Saban didn’t even endorse a starting quarterback for next week. The Tide outgained the Trojans 465-194 on the night.

That’s Kiffin’s son, Knox, holding the game ball, with the hashtag #3:14AM-LAX, which is the exact time and place he was sacked three years ago.

“I told him that we’d love to have him as a part of the organization”, Saban said. We were able to do that, really to my surprise, to be honest with you. I was just watching the game, and Tago went down.

Hurts completed six of his 11 passes for 118 yards.

Right after halftime, Hurts found Stewart alone near the Alabama 40 and the receiver sprinted up the right sideline untouched for a 71-yard touchdown and a 24-3 lead. It was the plan all along to figure out which one of those guys are going to start and manage this game the best, and Jalen Hurts was going to have a role in the game.

These comments didn’t shock me that much because I knew that Saban was a perfectionist. And I don’t want you to think that I’m not.

Sarkisian went 12-6 with the Trojans from 2014 to 2015 in his most recent coaching stint, which ended in relatively tragic fashion. “I’ve known him for a long time and he’s a very, very good coach”. “That’s what we do”.

“There was a lot of trash talking going on from the other side, which that’s OK”.

Senior defensive end Jonathan Allen collected two sacks against the Trojans and has eight in his past seven games dating to last season.

On Monday, Saban was back at it with Western Kentucky coming to Tuscaloosa for a 2:30 p.m. game on Saturday.

Saban confirmed the news at his weekly press conference.

By the end of the week, Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin might not be the only former USC head coach on the Tide’s staff.