The message came from former NFL coach Tony Dungy, who learned it from Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll: "Champions don't have to do extraordinary things. They just have to do ordinary things extraordinarily."

Alabama coach Nick Saban heard that from Dungy this week while Dungy was in Tuscaloosa for the Tide's annual coaching clinic. Saban then shared it with Alabama players Saturday following the Tide's second spring scrimmage.

Mistakes by Alabama's reserves during Saturday's scrimmage led to Saban telling the media that his goal for the final week of spring practice is to "get more and more guys that can play winning football," which he said "is really taking care of the ordinary things well."

But while Saban was critical of the Tide's reserves following the scrimmage, the post-scrimmage feedback was good for Alabama's first-team offense as well as its first-team defense.

"I think the 1s one both sides of the ball played well," Saban said. "Obviously they can do better things. We've got plenty to improve on, but there was better continuity. There was a lot of improvement. There were plays made by both sides. ... There was a lot better consistency. There was a lot better performance on both sides."

Sophomore running back Bo Scarbrough and redshirt junior wide receiver Robert Foster both made big plays.

Scarbrough, who ran for 132 yards and three touchdowns on just nine carries in Alabama's first spring scrimmage, rushed for 111 yards and a score on 12 carries Saturday.

Foster had four catches for 106 yards and two touchdowns.

The Tide also got 56 yards on just eight carries from sophomore running back Damien Harris and a combined eight catches for 122 yards from wide receivers Calvin Ridley and ArDarius Stewart.

The first-team defense, meanwhile, had three defensive touchdowns, returning two interceptions and a fumble for scores.

In addition, punter JK Scott punted "really well," Saban said, and "changed the field position a couple times really effectively."

"All those things I think are real positives for us, things that we wanted to improve on and really, really pleased with," Saban said.

The primary issue with the backups?

"They're trying to make plays, and they don't play with a lot of discipline, which affects their ability to go out there and do their job like they need to," Saban said. "... There's 6-12 plays in every game that have a tremendous impact on the game. The problem is that you never know when those plays are coming up. So you gotta play with consistency. You've got to have great focus and intensity on every play. You've got to do your job. You never know when the five plays that you've got to make are coming up, but you've got to be in position when they do.

"That's something -- that consistency in performance, that focus to be able to execute -- is something that more of our players need to learn how to do on a consistent basis."