College Football Fix: Byron Young, Alabama Crimson Tide Defensive Lineman

This college football pool college football fix as well. We had some games last weekend per week zero, but now week one is upon us and coming up on Saturday night. Alabama kicks off their season as they welcome in Utah state what out to the gas line right now on the Zach Gelb show on CBS sports radio welcome in a senior defensive lineman from the Crimson Tide and that of course is Byron Young buyer appreciate the time. How are you I'm going will while doing fantastic so each and every year we just get accustomed and we expect Alabama to win the entire thing you guys got close last year when you loss of the national title game to Georgia.

What was this off-season like after having to overcome some adversity and we can be removed and we got really bitter about wave that ended work great for walking but you know we feel like we make and model. We all have done differently the game but there are a lot of people came together. A lot of people work so give an overall fire.

Just keep on burning in your tummy all season long and you have to distance yourself from the national title game I think is a little bit about it all. Something that you can use to motivate you, but I think it's something that you just can't continue to look at over and over because of you continue to look at one game and you continue to be safe that on one game than you might have gained about the gain a little bit about young senior defensive lineman from Alabama here with us in the Zach Gelb show I saw your coach legendary Nick Sabin. He said this off-season that last year felt like a rebuilding year.

Do you agree with that, that Laster was a rebuilding your for Alabama. I think that that really wouldn't be not like they really I'm not in the meeting rooms on my home, so I'm not going.

I think we had a lot of last year. I think you have a lot of young guys with what I think we had a great team will initiate what makes this team better this upcoming year. Byron Young, I think we have a lot work.

I think we have a lot of guys who have been here and who know what it takes to win. And I think we also helped him.

There know what is like a loop blocking the norm both side of the spectrum, you know, now we know what it takes to win. We know what it looks like we might not be in the correct way and were going to Lily Google game special players in house even more experiences will Anderson take me inside the locker room. You play within your teammate on his.

What is will Anderson like behind the scenes were the great will the great God man will love amount often feel a great leader is great later but you know he's always not one of those people who you know it you've never been one of those guys who just like everybody also great payment described him on the field because we saw last year was really special. But you got to play side-by-side so you know within. So how do you describe his play on the field out a little and ended the night you know everything that you make me even if you make thinking he's not magical you don't even realize that wasn't so great football player one the best play will see the best player in college football. In your opinion that will be talk about. I think we got a lot of great players all throughout college football big.

We have two of the best players on our team a will and bright nothing. We have a lot of got a listing that they could probably be the best in the country but I think they will be at the thing about your team.

Look at the defense starts of the land-use and then offensively you have the reigning Heisman Trophy winner in Bryce young don't think that's much better than that.

When you look at the star player on offense of the star player on defense. Great great great later, but even better people. You talked about earlier Byron young senior defensive lineman from Alabama how you could have other guys played other programs and be some of the better players in the country who were some of those other guys on your team that you want to give a little sign to you been impressed with the summer. All I really think we've all come together this year. I think we've all put in a lot of work know we got what we thinking young guy like me and lose a lot of weight book. You know, we think God is like.

Come in and that right away so we had a lot go. I think I think is everybody lifting seven of them getting rid of this upcoming season. Byron Young, how did you step up this summer. What is really work on like this all do, not on how to work on the leadership more vocally and on my God, who likely facing much of my gavel just like giving people space you always have been a leader this off-season you not ask us on the go to some other place that will be expected of me. So that's really the biggest thing I think this off-season I worked on work on that in terms of leadership in the biggest thing for me was making rounds on everything.

A great way to leader get other guidance of the correct way to know if they see you doing something wrong. Oh utility to do one thing but you were going well so time to be on top of everything, even more than I have. As on the beaches vocal and you know not not going around yelling at people, pool people and tell him how you do thing you know that I care and not just on the real people consistently. Byron Young here without senior defensive lineman from Alabama. Can you believe that your senior year and you're about to enter your for Alabama. Particularly, you have to like that. You have got your remarkable what advice would you give to a freshman. As someone that was in your position.

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Four years ago on my need to put a hand on work don't come in all won't be the man right away. On a work in whatever way you know you will be ready.

Alabama clearly tell them it's a permanent program for college football in the country. But what made you want to go become a member of the Crimson Tide up to get a great education feel like when I was hooted players. There were there were just teammate the family they were all brothers a not speak on that I'm being here now that that's how it is. You know all you got here… Talk to you know, many years after I graduate. No matter where you live. All but it is a place that I feel like computer for me not to let them take care of the older I feel like they have my best interest in mind at all times so there's really one thing that that will go out who come in a hospital. Click for you that you were playing for Nick Sabin and it was this the thought just disappeared of holy crap and plan for the best coach maybe have a participating college football. I think it is clicked on the multiple times you been here were so busy were always looking at how we can improve in our next think it many times, upcoming to fit back in heaven think about not actually doing what I want to Outlook. He actually plan on TV and playing in front of 100,000 people every Saturday so it's something that happens you know maybe once a month once a week pretty often little or think or what your favorite memory so far with Nick Sagan, Byron young favorite memory is a lot of my favorite memory, and practices of small things you do in practice. You know sometimes you might make a go my mumble something under his breath that [something like that to something small like Toronto. When asked about a few of your former teammates is give me some quick thoughts on what this player meant to you or what you think they could do at the next level starch off into a Tonga by Lala a lot of attention around him in a big year for the Dolphins.

I was there with whom year you not comparable a lot when I was. He was one of those guys who were not in the news really, you know me, will you get thoughts that love you guys. You know, one of the biggest quarterbacks in college football and I came out and it is a really good got really down there never done the work in talking to me. Never act like he was talking to you, always whereby I think you'll do great things. Matt Jones and Donald another really good guy.

I came in and met with Hunter. I got to play with him Sunday on the plate and all over again with any claim in a bowl game we played Michigan State start Michigan and he was the guy who was also a leader gun was also a leader.

He was a God who would come little bit of friendship the you know he was a really smart guy, but he ate once again that a great person wasn't surprising to have seamless that transition was could you talk out to is bigger than life and then we saw Matt Jones is able to do what you… So they met every day in practice for two years or even got the opportunity to really show up to the little country.

What we already in the building so it wasn't really a nail revenue will make you one of the best players operating as you know we have a lot about three years that we were here together. He made a lot better and I hope a lot better is a really good got to know a really good friend of mine not talk to them all the time so that he will fill the nickel work ethic. A few more Byron young senior defensive lineman from Alabama. Let's go to Nazi Harris. Now you have another really not another guy when I came in. He was found on all over the country follows a little bit darker again, but once again met another guy who never shot away from getting nearby.

The way complete in the difficult, I know you want to keep us out of Alabama what it was really great players yes will you know my brother all kindred is a really big fan of the sailors and on draft night. My brother was really hoping that they would grab not you lately and I think he caught a little bit. That's actually awesome is that another big season terrible towels of the Pittsburgh Steelers. What about the bounty Smith. It's amazing how a guy could go catch a game-winning touchdown in the national championship game@the biggest moment from his current Alabama because then we also what he was able to do his Heisman Trophy winning season.

I think he would just like other really poor worker, not God who was a little bit more quiet know on. I guess I will be in the public eye and for my people around the guy who compresses the beginning every part one of going out there yelling, you learn in that year a single day of practice so nuclear I'm really glad I got to play with a guy like him, and at no cost to you. These two together jail model and Jamison Williams lunch on the wide receivers and those who really, really great players where you know all the water for two years. He was another guy who never really found the link and talk you got left a lot to talk to them our own table with another guy like you came in from Ohio State and become embraced everything right away, with the goal is going to be the best quality leaders will want to get in the community work right away and he couldn't write a little about the great got vertically. Byron young how you envision a senior season California on in our life is not just for myself the pain and overworking work all off-season we've been working anywhere. Again, the Congo Saturday thing on a lot. I a lot of guys out there having fun together on Saturday night up against Utah state and throughout the entire season will be watching. Thanks much, Byron young, thank you