Re: Alabama QB competition article (ALL QB posts here, please)
I don't understand it. I really don't. This is major college football so it seems kind of silly even saying it but some folks are sympathetic to Jalen's feelings, but what about Tua. I wonder how he feels when he proves over and over how much better he is, and you still have the head coach basically saying it doesn't matter and won't affect the almighty "competition".
There were the regular season games last year where Tua looked very good. Sometimes the offense would be struggling to move the ball, though comfortably enough ahead that he came into the game, and immediately the offense improved. Same offensive players, same defensive players, and we got better just because he's in the game.
He played and practiced well enough that the offensive coordinator wanted to play him at least by the Auburn game, but Saban nixed that.
Travis Reier and other accounts say Tua was "lighting up" our vaunted defense most of last year in practice.
Now you have this report that Tua was nearly perfect in practices leading up to the playoffs when Jalen was out, but still Jalen started. Not until the offense played horribly in the UGA game, and behind 13-0 at the half did Tua finally get a chance. Won the game, but afterwards we were informed that in spite of the fact that Tua keeps proving he's better, there will still be a qb competition.
Spring practice, Hurts continues to struggle. In the spring game, Mac Jones plays better. Saban informs us it didn't matter.
Fall scrimmage, Tua throws 3 tds, runs for another, and Hurts is 0 tds and 3 interceptions. Still dosen't matter and won't decide this "competition".
I mean, what does Tagovailoa have to do? How bad and how long can Hurts continue to struggle but still not only hang in this thing, but continue to be first in the drills and scrimmages, and just watch, he'll start the Louisville game.
This is the weirdest situation of the Saban era. Just strange.
