Saban, Herbstreit call out Alabama football for Vanderbilt loss on College GameDay

The hits keep coming for Alabama football. It's been a long week of media, fans, and former players calling out the team for last week's debacle in Nashville. As ready as we all are to flip the page as kickoff approaches for the South Carolina game, a couple more hits were still to come on College GameDay.

First, former head coach Nick Saban called Alabama out for complacency and arrogance following the win over Georgia.

"I saw a little bit of complacency, almost even arrogance after the Georgia win," said Saban. "And that creates a blatant disregard for doing what's right."

Saban seemed almost offended by how poorly the Crimson Tide played on third down last week. He mentioned it yesterday on the Pat McAfee Show, and it's clearly still a statistic that is bothering him a full seven days after the game.

If that wasn't enough, Kirk Herbstreit had some interesting comments about Alabama players and focusing on the right things. Herbstreit said:

"This team, this year, they're more busy talking to the opponent and the opponent's fans than they are about executing. That's all brand new, in my opinion, about Alabama."

I'm not sure I agree with what Herbstreit said; plenty of dominant Alabama teams in the past loved talking smack to the opposing team and fans. Guys like Tony Brown, Reuben Foster, and Eddie Jackson certainly flapped their gums. The difference, however, is they did it while also executing at a high level.

There was no high level execution defensively for the Crimson Tide last week. I've got no problem trash talking in sports; I think it's part of the game and Lord knows Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia did plenty of it last week. But he earned that right because he played at a high level and they won the game.

Until the Crimson Tide, particularly on defense, starts executing at a higher level, they should leave the trash talk alone and heed the advice from Damion Square when he was a player.