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Alabama went through a typical, methodical Tuesday workout today, as the players worked in full pads.

The media viewing period was about 16 minutes long, and as usual, we saw the defensive backs working heavily against Mississippi State’s pass formations. Scout-team players wore jersey numbers to duplicate Mississippi State receivers Arceto Clark (19), Chad Bumphis (1) and Chris Smith (8), tight ends Marcus Green (32) and Malcolm Johnson (6), and running back Ladarius Perkins (27).

Usually, you can tell how well practice is going by how Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban reacts during this period. We heard him yell “What are you doing?” only once.

We also checked on the defensive linemen and saw Chris Rumph working his players. At the start of the period, he was yelling a bunch at them, but to be honest, we couldn’t make out most of what he said. It didn’t help that the construction of the athletic training facility a few yards away was in full swing. We know he said something about “fire,” and during his rant, one of his players was imitating a fire truck siren. It’s the first video below.

We did hear him later tell his players how nice they were. Then he said, “Tell you what, if I had a daughter you could date her.” Then he made it clear he wasn’t looking for nice on the football field. We did understand that part.

Rumph also worked hard with true freshman noseguard Darren Lake, who wears No. 95. In the second clip below, Rumph makes him go through the drill a second time. Lake always seems to catch the brunt of Rumph’s anger, but in this case, we have to think that’s a good thing. Why spend so much time on someone you don’t think can become a pretty good player?

Regarding the injured players, everybody looked fine, including receiver Christion Jones (ankle) and quarterback AJ McCarron (knee). Both practiced as if they aren’t feeling any pain any longer.

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