“I watched him in practice yesterday,” Danielson said. "He isn’t 100 percent. I don’t care what Alabama says. I don’t care what Tua says. I watched him. He doesn’t have that spring in his step. It’s not natural.
"He’s OK. I’d be playing if I was him. I know that, but he’s not the Tua that started the season. He’s not as nimble as before. How do those body blows - or ankle blows - set up the football game in the third and fourth quarters.
“I wonder if anyone’s touched his ankle, let alone hit his ankle the way he’s going to get in this football game.”