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Alabama focused on here and now

August, 14, 2012

8/14/12

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By ESPN.com staff | ESPN.com

In retrospect, some complacency set in with that 2010 team coming off the 2009 national championship.

Keep in mind that Alabama coach Nick Saban likes the mere mention of complacency about as much as most of us like dealing with kidney stones. He bristles any time it's even brought up.

In his world, there are two ways to deal with success. Some teams get complacent after winning a title. Others get addicted to everything that goes into winning a title.

Alabama center Barrett Jones and his teammates are banking on this team having a serious addiction to winning based on everything they've seen to this point.

For the rest of Chris Low's story, click here.

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