Tua perspective for last two years:
Joe Burrow has thrown 71 touchdown passes in his last 27 games and still trails Tua by five — and Tua has played in three fewer games.
The good news for Alabama is that by the time this selection show is over, Tua, Terrell Lewis, Isaiah Buggs, Trevon Diggs, Christopher Allen, Deonte Brown and Josh Jacobs will all be ready to go for the semis.
Just put Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State and UGA in a bubble and play two games weekly from Labor Day to Thanksgiving (two off weekends). Most wins at the end is champ.
Just saw Freddie Kitchens walking past Denny Chimes headed toward Bryant-Denny. Has to be a pretty cool stroll for the former UA quarterback and new Browns HC.
NEWS: Washington transfer OT Parker Brailsford is planning to visit Alabama,
@BOL_On3
reports.
Brailsford started all 15 games this season for the Huskies. He is the 3rd-best available transfer, per
@On3sports
Alabama’s new head coach Kalen DeBoer, wife Nicole and daughters arrive in
#Tuscaloosa
to cheering fans. While I know Washington Husky fans are great, this is a honeymoon unlike any other
#Alabama
#DeBoer
Najee Harris has a yards per carry average of 6.1 for his UA career. Pretty amazing considering his longest run since joining the program is 35 yards.
What he does have is 54 runs of 10-19 yards over the last two seasons, including an SEC best 35 in 2019.
Fox should actually be pimping Alabama/SEC. After all, if it weren't for UA's playoff hopes hanging in the balance, no one south or west of Louisville would still be watching this game.
#pillowfight
As far as QBs go, Bryce Young was seventh first-year starter in Saban era to lead Crimson Tide to NCG appearance (nine total under Saban).
Young, McElroy, McCarron, Coker, Hurts, Tagovailoa and Jones combined 4-3 in those games.
On this day nine years ago, Penn State, back when the Big 10 played football in the fall, hosted Alabama in what would prove to be the final loss of Joe Paterno's coaching career.
Auburn's Hugh Freeze believes he should have 4 wins over former Alabama head coach Nick Saban:
“Nick (Saban) is incredible, but I should have four wins against him.”
(via
@MartySmithESPN
)
Excited and blessed to announce that I have joined
@uscfb
as Assistant Director of Recruiting Operations! Thank you to Coach
@LincolnRiley
&
@AnnieHanson_
for this incredible opportunity. Let’s get to work! ✌️❤️
#FightOn
.
@MontanaFouts
deserved a better end to her UA career. Doesn’t take away, though, from the massive impact she made on the university, the program and a generation of young people in pursuit of their dreams. Cheers, 14.
When Jalen Hurts graduated from UA last Saturday, he didn’t just qualify for grad transfer status. He also met the Senior Bowl’s qualification for underclassman status participation. Guys has a lot of options available to him, starting with staying at UA.
I don’t recall this “desperate” Alabama team in Atlanta I keep hearing about. Fell behind 10-0 before going on 38-7 run.
If anything “composed” was more like it. Really, that’s the common theme in UA’s seven-game win streak over UGA.
Alabama’s 15 tackles for loss at Auburn signaled a new single-game high for the Saban era. Will Anderson had three more TFLs and now ranks second on the single-season list to Derrick Thomas, who had 39 (!) in 1988.