Do y’all think the crowd boos if Jalen trots out first against Louisville?

I won’t be at the game but I will mumble “god dammit” from my living room

I don't want Jalen to but if we do we have retarded fans who don't know how bad this will hurt our public perception and recruiting.

I'm about as critical as anyone could be of Hurts' play, but no way in hell I'd ever boo any of our players. Anybody that is out there trying deserves at least that much.

There will be some if that happens, but not nearly as bad as if it were a home game.

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He can't help that he can't play the position naturally.

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Which is why Saban will have his sanity questioned if Hurts is the starter. It will show that he doesn't mean it when he says the best player plays when sitting in the living room of a five star prospect looking for early playing time. It will mean he had either lost it in his old age or that he cares more about Jalen's feelings than winning football games. Recruiting will begin to suffer and it will signal the end of an era. A sad ending at what could have (should have) been. I personally think it is kind of scary that we are seriously having this discussion as if it is even remotely possible because we all know that it is possible.

How many of you were pissed at Gene Stallings for starting a senior Dennis Riddle over a redshirt freshman Shaun Alexander after Shaun eviscerated LSU in one half and destroyed our first string defense in practice all year. Starting Hurts over Tua for even one series is much, much worse than that.

I certainly hope not. Now, if he gets out there and overthrows or underthrows everyone for 1 or 2 series...? Not sure what to expect at that point.

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It will show that he doesn't mean it when he says the best player plays when sitting in the living room of a five star prospect looking for early playing time. It will mean he had either lost it in his old age or that he cares more about Jalen's feelings than winning football games. Recruiting will begin to suffer and it will signal the end of an era. A sad ending at what could have (should have) been. I personally think it is kind of scary that we are seriously having this discussion as if it is even remotely possible because we all know that it is possible.

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I have posted that I think Jalen will start the first series and that there will be pre-determined series for both in the first game or two, and settled on Tua by the 3rd.

I am not so convinced anymore that Jalen will start. Tua absolutely deserves to start, even if both do play in the first game or two. No. It isn't really important in the big old scheme of things who starts as to who finishes, but still, it would be kind of a slap in the fact to the better player not to get that start. It's important to each of them, I can nearly guarantee.

All that said, if Saban actually does settle on Jalen Hurts, and imo it would have to be bizarro football world for that to happen, but if it did happen, some of those things you mention could actually come to pass, and it's near 100% that Tua would transfer. It would be really crazy if it were not Clemson, Ohio State, UGA or another team that ended The UA Dynasty, but one of our own players.

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That won't happen. It will be short passes

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He doesn't always hit those either.

The point is that there is no need for each player to get a set amount of series to determine who the starter should be. If Saban doesn't know who should quarterback this football team then dementia is setting in. Period.