One thing college football should be used too by now, under Coach Saban, we've stayed in the NC hunt when we break in a new QB..We may not win the NC every year, we make college football a living hell, when a a new QB leads our offense, cause "The Process" actually develops our QB's as they're waiting their turn to run the show at Bama..
Cooper Bateman was put in a tough situation against Ole Miss cause Coker had the flu the week of the game & we had to change up our play calling that best suits what Cooper is best at as a QB..When you have to face Robert Nkemdiche's relentless pass rush in your 1st start, that's asking a lot from a young QB, Nkemdiche is literally a NFL sized talent playing college football until he goes on to become a multimillionaire in the Pro's..A "Man Among Boys" actually playing college football..
Cooper Bateman has shown progression as the season has went on, I was at the Charleston Southern game, he doesn't yet have a canon of an arm that Coker has..When Cooper played in the 2nd half of the game, I noticed he was looking off defenders & going through his progressions looking for open WR's, it was like night & day as too how much he's progressed as a QB since the Ole Miss game..I am very confident in Cooper should he win the starting job next season, if he gets beat out by Barnett or anyone else, that's even better, cause they will be one helluva good QB to beat out Cooper..
I hate to break the news to college football about next season, The Crimson Tide ain't going anyplace, we may not win the NC as I've already stated, but, we will be still be on top of the food chain as "The Process" continues to devour college football..