Peewee from Grand Bay wanted to give Alabama its props. The offensive effort against LSU was special.

On “Hey Coach,” Nick Saban’s weekly radio show, the caller applauded the Tide for six touchdowns on 11 possessions. Saban thanked Peewee, but it could’ve been better.

“Very uncharacteristically, we didn’t make field goals,” Saban said.

For the first time in the 2023-24 season, No. 8 Alabama kicker Will Reichard missed a field goal — two actually, a 47-yarder in the second quarter and a 43-yard try in the fourth in the Tide’s 42-28 win.

Saban was then asked by Eli Gold about what he tells Reichard after a pair of misses.

“I think what I’ve learned through the year is most of these guys they really don’t look to a coach. They kind of know. Will Reichard really knows when he hits it well,” Saban said. “He missed them both just to the right. His ball usually just hooks a little bit, just a little bit and neither one of them did. He probably missed both of them by that much.

“He just tells you how it went. I just pat him on the butt and say, ‘Don’t worry about it, make the next one.’ They technically know exactly, it’s almost like a golfer. … You can fix yourself. When we start telling guys like Will Reichard how to do what he does, it probably can mess him up more than it can help him.”

Reichard had made all 15 of his field goal attempts and 31 extra points prior to last Saturday. He became the fourth player in NCAA history to score 500 career points. The Hoover native has made the most of his final season after returning to Tuscaloosa. He is a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award.

Last season, Saban explained while Reichard was in a slump that he views kickers and punters like “assassins,” meaning there isn’t time to dwell on the last play when you play so few snaps.

Nick Alvarez is a reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @nick_a_alvarez or email him at [email protected].