According to the announcers, Saban was yelling at Mauck to use EVERY second before snapping the ball.
saban is a nfl minded coach. and nfl coaches always play startering qb's till the end. evidence - peyton manning (no matter who the coach is in nfl) takes every snap from center the ENTIRE YEAR.
Sorry....not finished If he would have been taken out in the 3rd and Aubum would have come back, everyone would have been BITCHING at Nick. Sometimes you can't win for losing, however we won BIG, BIG, BIG. TIGERS ROCK