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•2023 Bama Football 2023 • • Bama football arrives for Rose Bowl with Michigan • Tuscaloosa, AL Before the Tide headed out of town, Nick Saban described his focus for the team, during a press conference on early signing day. “Excellence is not free,” Saban said. “You got to pay the price up front, and there’s a price to pay for it. Working on fundamentals, finishing the play, pushing yourself through, focusing on blocking and tackling and taking care of the ball. A lot of things that we need to pay attention to detail to try to get our momentum back as a team and our confidence back so that everybody’s playing together and we got a great understanding of what we need to do to have a chance to play winning football when the game comes.” Alabama is practicing at Dignity Health Sports Park this week. Besides its on-field schedule, UA will have players at the events surrounding the Rose Bowl, including a welcome event at Disneyland on Wednesday, and the Lawry’s Beef Bowl on Thursday. The Rose Bowl, which serves as a College Football Playoff Semifinal this year, is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT on Monday. The Sugar Bowl, between Washington and Texas, is the other. Both games will be aired on ESPN. • CLICK HERE TO ROLL WITH THE TIDE •