Amazing article about Blake MF Sims

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You know the Sims story. It's been told by now. They said he didn't have the grades to play college ball, and he buckled down and studied.

They said he'd never play quarterback at a school like Alabama, so he played other positions without complaint. When he found his way back to QB, he watched in the shadow of larger-than-life MCarron, and was nothing but a teammate for five years. When FSU's Coker transferred to Bama to take his rightful place at quarterback, Sims - in his final year -- did what he always did. He worked.

People tried - because this is Alabama - to turn it into an issue of black and white. But Sims did not bite. Sims did not complain. He asked no pity and showed no bitterness. He just worked more. And he won.

He's the American Dream, the living, breathing, winning embodiment of the Alabama Way.

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