re: Can we all agree that this is a pivotal moment for Jalen?

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There goes our source. Now we're flying blind to the playoffs. Thanks a lot people.

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Dude, I can't tell if you have an great sarcastic sense of humor, or if you're dead serious, but I love it

CNS is wasting the most deadly wishbone backfield potential in the history of CFB...

Or, has he been saving it?

let me answer what I can

Boz, can you put a time frame on this "Tua is a liability in practice" issue? pretty much since game 1 practice, see below for more on that.

Was this true before or after the revelation about him playing in the playoff? before

Has this poor performance been evident since practice restarted?Not sure, throughout the season it was off and on Do you think his erratic practice performance means all plans to play him have now been scrapped?No, not at all.

What is your source telling you about the staffs interpretation of his struggles? He is a gunslinger, they make mistakes and great plays at the same time. Saban isn't that guy. He has to settle down. He he now considered a recruiting miss? no

What do you mean by "Gunslinger"? Do you mean he makes stupid throws into triple/double coverage often a la Winston or that he throws it deeper more often into tight coverage? There's a difference between Brett Farve and Aaron Rodgers in terms of being labled a "Gunslinger".

I just haven't seen anything in limited play that suggests the former type. The only Farve-esque play that comes to mind is the Vandy TD throw, but at the same time that wide receiver was also wide open and a fantastic read/throw. I've seen plenty of throws where he tests tight windows in coverage(mostly sideline over the shoulder) and for the most part i'm fine with it because his placement/touch is superb.

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First off Huddie game time frustration and an actual exchange of words are two different things. Football is a competitive sport and yes they had no issues until the IB and I stand behind that.

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I appreciate your insight but have you actually watched the games. Go back and look. There is a point or two in every game where Ridley looks at Hurts with a "WTF, bro? Are you blind?" expression.

He's had one turnover this year. I can't find his total number of plays, but I found that he threw the ball 53 times (15% for tds) and ran 15 times for a total of 68 plays, so 1 turnover per 68 plays.

Hurts last year(freshman year), he passed 382 times (many were actually long handoffs), and ran 191 times. He was intercepted 9 times, and fumbled nearly every game but we recovered all but 5, so 14 turnovers. That's 1 turnover per 40.9 plays.

You’re bringing up game stats I’m telling you at practice I’ve physically watched he is throwing risky passes and being picked at times. That is a recipe for saban not playing you. It’s not hard to understand.

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You’re bringing up game stats I

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Yeah. I'm bringing up real live game stats. What's more important? Turnovers in real live games that we know is a fact, of in practices that may or may not be fact.

Huddle, I’m not arguing his stats or if he should play I’m telling you why he isn’t.

I'll say again, I'll take Tua and a couple of INTs a game over Hurts and 120 yards a game.

This is getting ridiculous. Why do we even recruit real QBs if were always going to play the fake ones?