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1. There is a huge difference between a regular season game and a national title game (if you don’t think there is, you don’t know shite about the game).
2. Hurts had a history of struggles against good teams, but He was only benched once.
3. 3 points is close, but don’t act like 13 points is a big halftime lead (If you think it is, you don’t know shite about the game).

Hurts had a 26-2 record as a starter, and had like a 24-1 record going into that game. It's 10-7 at half time on the road. There is no reason at all to pull your starting QB, and if you think otherwise then I don't know what the frick to tell you. You're trying to win a ball game, not a trophy for most passing yards.

When Alabama played Georgia, at half time it was 13-0 and Hurts had thrown for 21 yards averaging 2.6 yards per pass.

That's the difference.

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Posted by djsdawg

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Posted on 4/24/24 at 3:08 pm to 3down10

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Hurts had a 26-2 record as a starter, and had like a 24-1 record going into that game.

Exactly why it took so much for him to be benched. Coaches don’t like to bench qbs who win.

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It's 10-7 at half time on the road. There is no reason at all to pull your starting QB

Agree, plus 13-0 at halftime isn’t a reason to pull your starting qb (in a regular season game), which brings us back to the relevance of the magnitude of the national title game.

Point is, saban doesn’t make that same call in a regular season game. Hurts sucked in both games. Bama needed better qb play in both games:

Bama was outscored 39-14 in those 6 hurts quarters.

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