Nick Saban has always said that his wife Miss Terry was an integral part of his success Alabama. On the Pat McAfee Show Friday afternoon, he explained how Miss Terry has helped improve the playing environment at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

While on road trips with Saban and the Alabama football program, Miss Terry always paid attention to what was happening at other schools on game days. She would then come home and give suggestions to Nick Saban on how to improve Bryant-Denny Stadium. They were typically implemented to improve the environment for Crimson Tide home games.

“It was really dry when we first went to Alabama, and everywhere we went, Miss Terry was at all the away games. Everywhere we went she came back and said, “Why don’t we do this?” Why don’t we play this music? Why don’t we have these lights?’” Nick Saban recalls. “And it’s entertaining. And people sing songs and light up their phones and wave at the same time. I mean, that’s the fun of the game that I think keeps people engaged, excited and enthusiastic. And I think it’s very important.”

Nick Saban was always focused on making sure his teams were as prepared as possible, but he also understood the importance of keeping the crowd engaged during games.

“It’s very important because you have dead time in the game. You know, there are these 4-minute commercials. They have 2.5 minute commercials. But you know, this is the entertainment business. And to keep people happy, other things have to happen in the game,” Saban said.

Luckily for him and Alabama, Miss Terry was there to help him.

“Well, I think I realized it’s about the entertainment business. But I also wanted to keep the team and the thing that you had to do with the team to get them ready to play and kind of create the culture and organization that you needed so that it didn’t affect the entertainment business,” Saban said.

“I always tried to keep those two things separate, but I also knew that as a coach you had to do that to promote the program, to get recruits, so people had an idea of ​​what it was all about Program worked.”