Trent Richardson recalls Nick Saban’s halftime speech in 2009 national championship game vs Texas

Trent Richardson was an All-American running back who won three national championships when he played for Nick Saban at Alabama. Coming into those games, Richardson felt like the Crimson Tide were always incredibly well prepared to go before games. At the same time, Saban was a master motivator who knew how to get his teams going with his speeches.

Trent Richardson spoke with Bama Insider, where he spoke about Nick Saban’s speeches, and, in particular, the 2010 BCS National Championship halftime speech.

“His [Nick Saban] pregame speeches, man, are the best ever,” Trent Richardson said.

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“It’s not really the pregame speeches, it’s the halftime speeches that he do, and they be immaculate, man. And, I’m telling you, man, he tell you to give your all, give me 60 minutes. That’s all I ask for you. You prepared your whole life for this, not just training camp, your whole life since you’ve been in little league football. You know, since you’ve been coming out the womb, this is the moment that you fight for.”

“You know, you hear stuff like that, man, it’s giving me the chills right now, just thinking about making that locker room man because, I mean, that guy there had us ready to run through a brick wall, man,” Trent Richardson smiled.

At the half, Alabama led Texas 24-6. This was the game that Texas fans felt they would have won, had Colt McCoy stayed healthy. Instead, he went down on the Longhorns’ first offensive drive of the game. Texas made a second-half run, though, before Alabama eventually pulled away. It was Nick Saban’s first national championship at Alabama.

Trent Richardson scored twice in that game.