Josh Robinson

Alabama needed an answer to the problem Mississippi State was creating, and it came just when it needed it most.

Alabama's 25-20 victory over No. 1 Mississippi State on Saturday wasn't always pretty, but it was just good enough to please Nick Saban. The Crimson Tide now sits in the SEC West driver's seat following its win over the previously unbeaten Bulldogs.

Nick Saban addressed the media Monday to unofficially start the game week for Mississippi State, the No. 1-ranked team in the nation whom the Crimson Tide plays on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium. But before Saban looked entirely ahead toward the Bulldogs, he touched on Alabama's dramatic 20-13 overtime win at LSU, including Blake Sims and Adam Griffith's resiliency in the dying moments after str