Keon Sabb had heard the comments.

The Alabama football safety knew the reputation the Crimson Tide had secured after Week 1 against Florida State: timid and hesitant , descriptions Alabama defensive coordinator Kane Wommack said should never describe his unit or his players.

Alabama had something to prove against Louisiana Monroe . The Crimson Tide wanted to show it could be physical, that it could attack, that it could finish and play to the whistle.

"It was what we expected," Sabb said. "Throughout all week, we played really hard. We contained the physical fire that we had and played through the game whistle."

In Alabama's 73-0 win against ULM , the Crimson Tide secured its third shutout under Wommack's tutelage. The defense's 148 yards was the fewest amount allowed by

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