re: It’s time to start discussing Bryce Young.

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Definitely, I still remember the look Saban had in his face when Henry broke off the long run against Arkansas late in the game.

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I always think of Eddie Lacy in the Citrus Bowl against MSU. I never took it as Saban being mad about running up the score, but being mad at the other team's coach cause we are running basic plays so we don't run up the score and make it as easy on you as possible and you all can't even stop that .

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I agree, never liked the idea of running up the score. Game is in hand, run out the clock, and avoid injuries

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I fully support a rule where as soon as a game reaches a 40 point margin anytime after the half or a 30 point margin at any time in the 4th quarter it automatically triggers a running clock. Aside from getting a handful of live reps for backups there's really just no point in extending a game that's 49-3 with 5 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter.

He looked completely lost every time he saw action last year, but considering he didn't have spring practice or anything and he was a freshman, I think that's understandable to a degree.

He looked sooo small. Can't gain height but hopefully an off-season in the conditioning program will put a few pounds of muscle on him.

I think he'll be fine, but definitely needs a full spring.

It seems our QB room is a little thin. Seems most of the highly ranked '22 QBs are committed. Doesn't mean we can't flip one, but if not, we need an elite one in '23.

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every other starting QB Saban has had looked like crap outside of a few throws when they came in for mop up duty. AJ looked bad

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I fondly remember that '11 Penn State game when A.J. McCarron cemented his spot over Phillip Sims. (Hard to believe that was almost 10 years ago.)

That was one of the best old-school uniform games ever, and I loved seeing us play in Beaver Stadium.

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I mean a ton of this board said he would take over from Mac by the UGA game

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Well, he had no spring and limited summer, limited fall, and Mac played better than any other quarterback in college football. So yeah, that will hurt your chances of beating out a veteran.

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I didn't predict it one way or another but this is very true. Basically Mac played better than anyone expected and Bryce had less time to develop than anyone expected (missing spring and much of summer).

I wasn't wowed by Bryce when he played but just like the previous post on back-ups mentioned - almost all our backups have looked like shite. I remember Blake Sims looking like he had never played QB in the spring game right before having a great season. I remember when Tua got hurt against UT year before last. I live in Tennessee and was listening to their postgame. They said: "well they got us this year but they are finally going to struggle next year. That Mac Jones kid isn't beating many teams in the SEC." Mac of course went on to beat everyone team in the SEC besides the two worst which he didn't play.

I thought Young looked fine especially considering no spring practice and limited voluntary summer work with the wide receivers.

He completed about 60% of his passes on the year which was better than either of the 2 LSU freshmen qbs, and I only mention LSU qbs because it's pretty much all your hear about on the Rant forum. Young's completion pct and qb rating was close to that of Jalen Hurts freshman year, and a lot of Jalen's completions were basically long handoffs, jet sweeps.

For an example of his potential, I remember one play, perhaps vs Missouri, when there was a really bad snap from center that could easily have been a turnover, but Young not only retained possession, but completed a pass play. A lot of experienced qbs would have failed on that play, let alone a true freshman with little practice and few game opportunities.

I am confident Young will play well.

Who are the centers? Is Owens returning?

He reminded me of Tua without all the scrambling. He held the ball too long but it’s not fair to put expectations ina kid that has yet to have taken a meaningful snap in a game or even a spring game at that.